Torodora claustrata

Torodora claustrata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo.[1]

Torodora claustrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Torodora
Species:
T. claustrata
Binomial name
Torodora claustrata
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera claustrata Meyrick, 1910

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dark glossy slaty fuscous with narrow blackish-fuscous fasciae at two-fifths and four-fifths, slightly whitish edged posteriorly. There is a transverse-oval blackish-fuscous spot in the disc at two-thirds, slightly whitish edged, containing some ochreous-yellowish scales towards the centre. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References
  1. Markku Savela. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1910: 448


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