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Torodora claustrata

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Torodora claustrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Torodora
Species:
T. claustrata
Binomial name
Torodora claustrata
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera claustrata Meyrick, 1910

Torodora claustrata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo.[1]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dark glossy slaty fuscous with narrow blackish-fuscous fasciae at two-fifths and four-fifths, slightly whitish edged posteriorly. There is a transverse-oval blackish-fuscous spot in the disc at two-thirds, slightly whitish edged, containing some ochreous-yellowish scales towards the centre. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Markku Savela. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1910: 448 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.