Biology:Sorotacta bryochlora
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Short description: Species of moth
| Sorotacta bryochlora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Sorotacta |
| Species: | S. bryochlora
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| Binomial name | |
| Sorotacta bryochlora Meyrick, 1922
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Sorotacta bryochlora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil .[1]
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are rather dark olive green, with the tips of the scales ochreous whitish and with a small ochreous-whitish tuft on the middle of the costa, preceded by a spot of darker suffusion. The stigmata are darker, with the plical beneath the first discal. There is an indistinct shade of ochreous-whitish sprinkles from the costa at three-fourths to the tornus, indented beneath the costa. There are also indistinct darker marginal dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (February 26, 2015). "Sorotacta bryochlora Meyrick, 1922". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/sorotacta/#bryochlora. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 76.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13641316 entry
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