Torodora chlorobapta

Torodora chlorobapta is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Sikkim, India.[1]

Torodora chlorobapta
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T. chlorobapta
Binomial name
Torodora chlorobapta
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera chlorobapta Meyrick, 1931

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark violet fuscous. The stigmata are black, the plical and first discal moderately large, the plical rather anterior, the second discal dot-like, an additional dot beneath it. There is a pale ochreous terminal band of even width, sprinkled fuscous except along the sinuate anterior edge. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

References

  1. Markku Savela. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (2-4): 82


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