Bagdadia sapindivora
Bagdadia sapindivora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1929.[1] It is found in Japan (Honshu).[2]
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The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are greyish-fuscous, the scales tipped with cinereous. The extreme costa of the forewings is tawny-olive and there are five raised tawny-olive scale tufts mixed with greyish-fuscous and cinereous on the costa. There are also three tawny-olive blotches, the third of which with a spot of ground color in the center. The hindwings are fuscous, lighter basally.[3]
The larvae feed on Sapindus mukurossi.
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima sapindivora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
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- Ent. News 69 (1) : 5
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