Carodista cultrata

Carodista cultrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Carodista
Species: C. cultrata
Binomial name
Carodista cultrata
K.T.Park, 1999[1]

Carodista cultrata is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It is found in Taiwan.[2]

The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The forewings are relatively narrow, elongate and heavily covered with brown scales throughout. There is a visible fuscous streak at the end of the cell vertically. The hindwings are extremely oblique, pale grey and broader towards the base.

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin culter (meaning knife-shaped) and refers to the median lobe in the lammella postivaginalis of the female genitalia.

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