Torodora caligula

Torodora caligula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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.

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.

References

  1. ↑ Markku Savela. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (4): 104 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.