Biology:Torodora corsota

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Torodora corsota 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 20–22 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, faintly purplish tinged with an ochreous-whitish dot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are fuscous.[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): 712 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q14497159 entry