Biology:Torodora bracculata

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Short description: Species of moth

Torodora bracculata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Torodora
Species:
T. bracculata
Binomial name
Torodora bracculata
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia bracculata Meyrick, 1911

Torodora bracculata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Assam, India .[1]

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish fuscous. The second discal stigma is obscurely darker and there are ochreous-white wedge-shaped strigulae on the costa at three-fourths and the dorsum before the tornus, connected by a faint sinuate whitish line. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References

  1. Markku Savela. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/lecithoceridae/torodorinae/torodora/. Retrieved 2016-01-28. 
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (3): 710 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q14497150 entry