Torodora caligula

Short description: Species of moth

Torodora caligula

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lecithoceridae
Genus:  | Torodora
Species:  |

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. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/lecithoceridae/torodorinae/torodora/. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
2. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (4): 104 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q14497151 entry

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