Biology:Torodora protrocha

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Short description: Species of moth

Torodora protrocha
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Torodora
Species:
T. protrocha
Binomial name
Torodora protrocha
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia protrocha Meyrick, 1916

Torodora protrocha is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India .[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous, suffusedly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous, the discal area beyond the cell broadly clouded with fuscous. The stigmata are large, cloudy and blackish, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are pale 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. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (18): 576 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q14497344 entry