Torodora spilotella

Torodora spilotella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Torodora spilotella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Torodora
Species:
T. spilotella
Binomial name
Torodora spilotella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia spilotella Walker, 1864

Adults are brown, the wings broad, with a yellowish marginal line. The forewings are slightly rounded at the tips, with two deep black patches in the disc, the first patch near the base, larger than the second, which is transverse and beyond the middle of the wing. The exterior border is straight and hardly oblique. The hindwings are brownish cinereous.[2]

References
  1. Markku Savela. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 746


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