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Torodora caligula

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Torodora caligula
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T. caligula
Binomial name
Torodora caligula
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera caligula Meyrick, 1918

Torodora caligula is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found on Tagula Island in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are fuscous, faintly tinged lilac and with a small flattened-triangular whitish spot on the costa at three-fourths, where a slightly curved fine indented whitish line (sometimes almost obsolete) runs to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are grey, in males with a long whitish-yellowish hair-pencil from the base lying along the costa. The costal edge of the wing is dark fuscous towards the middle.[2]

References

  1. ^ Markku Savela. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (4): 104