Torodora typhlopis

Torodora typhlopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Torodora
Species: T. typhlopis
Binomial name
Torodora typhlopis
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia typhlopis Meyrick, 1911

Torodora typhlopis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is 22–30 mm (0.87–1.18 in). The forewings are glossy dark purplish-fuscous. The stigmata are represented by black spots, the first discal small, round and confluent with a large trapezoidal plical beneath it, the second discal moderate and transverse. The hindwings are fuscous, in females rather darker.[2]

References

  1. "Torodora". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (3): 715


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