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Tiquadra crocidura

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Tiquadra crocidura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Tiquadra
Species:
T. crocidura
Binomial name
Tiquadra crocidura
Meyrick, 1922

Tiquadra crocidura is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from Santa Catarina, Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is about 38 mm. The forewings are white, slightly speckled dark fuscous towards the costa and posteriorly. There are three or four indistinct strigulae (fine streaks) of dark fuscous speckling on the costa anteriorly. The hindwings are pale whitish yellowish, with some slight grey speckling posteriorly.[2]

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