Sarisophora praecentrix

Sarisophora praecentrix is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

Sarisophora praecentrix
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S. praecentrix
Binomial name
Sarisophora praecentrix
Meyrick, 1931

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are orange-yellow, with some scattered dark fuscous specks and a short streak of dark fuscous suffusion on the base of the costa, as well as an incurved streak of dark fuscous irroration from the costa at three-fourths to the dorsum at three-fourths. The hindwings are light ochreous-yellow.[2]

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