Torodora arcifera

Short description: Species of moth

Torodora arcifera

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

T. arcifera

Binomial name
Torodora arcifera

(Meyrick, 1907)

Synonyms

* Brachmia arcifera Meyrick, 1907

Torodora arcifera is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Bhutan.[1]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-bronzy fuscous. The stigmata are blackish, the plical and first discal confluent, edged posteriorly by a slightly curved ochreous-whitish line from two-fifths of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, the second discal is obscurely edged with whitish and with an additional similar dot beneath it. There is an ochreous-whitish dot on the costa at four-fifths. The hindwings are fuscous.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Markku Savela. "Torodora". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/lecithoceridae/torodorinae/torodora/. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
2. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17 (3): 738 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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