Sarisophora leucoscia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Sarisophora |
| Species: | S. leucoscia
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| Sarisophora leucoscia | |
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Sarisophora leucoscia is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in Australia (including Queensland)[2] and New Zealand.[3]
The wingspan is approximately 15 mm. The forewings are whitish suffused with fuscous, leaving the basal costal area, a median streak, and much of the central area is whitish. There is a broad rounded dark-fuscous dorsal patch from the base to beyond the middle area. The discal spots are dark-fuscous, the first discal at one-third, the second discal just beyond the middle and the plical included in the dorsal patch. A dark-fuscous subcostal line is found from the base to one-fourth of the wings and some dark fuscous scales are present on the postmedian veins. The hindwings are pale grey.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Faunal Directory
- ^ CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences - Australian Moths Online
- ^ Sarisophora leucoscia - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
- ^ Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 154
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