Bagdadia sapindivora

Bagdadia sapindivora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1958.[1] It is found in Honshu, Japan.[2]

Bagdadia sapindivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Bagdadia
Species:
B. sapindivora
Binomial name
Bagdadia sapindivora
(Clarke, 1958)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria sapindivora Clarke, 1958
  • Hypatima sapindivora Clarke, 1958

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are greyish fuscous, the scales tipped with cinereous. The extreme costa of the forewings is tawny olive and there are five raised tawny-olive scale tufts mixed with greyish fuscous and cinereous on the costa. There are also three tawny-olive blotches, the third of which with a spot of ground color in the center. The hindwings are fuscous, lighter basally.[3]

The larvae feed on Sapindus mukurossi.

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima sapindivora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Bagdadia sapindivora (Clarke, 1958)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. Entomological News. 69 (1): 5.


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