Torodora nyctiphron

Torodora nyctiphron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Torodora
Species: T. nyctiphron
Binomial name
Torodora nyctiphron
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera nyctiphron Meyrick, 1931

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

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are fuscous mixed dark fuscous. The stigmata form cloudy dark fuscous spots, the plical slightly beyond the first discal, the second discal transversely double. The hindwings are greyish.[2]

References

  1. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (2-4): 81


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