Torodora protrocha

Torodora protrocha is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India.[1]

Torodora protrocha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Torodora
Species:
T. protrocha
Binomial name
Torodora protrocha
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia protrocha Meyrick, 1916

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous, suffusedly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous, the discal area beyond the cell broadly clouded with fuscous. The stigmata are large, cloudy and blackish, the plical obliquely before the first discal. 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 1 (18): 576


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