Bagdadia salicicola

Bagdadia salicicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Bagdadia
Species: B. salicicola
Binomial name
Bagdadia salicicola
(Park, 1995)
Synonyms
  • Hypatima salicicola Park, 1995
  • Capidentalia salicicola

Bagdadia salicicola is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Park in 1995.[1] It is found in Taiwan,[2] Japan and China (Hainan).[3]

The length of the forewings is 3.9 mm for males and 4.4 mm for females. The forewings are greyish orange, speckled with pale fuscous and with fuscous suffusion in the basal one-ninth. There are four fuscous marks on the costa. The hindwings are pale brownish grey.[4]

The larvae feed on Salix species.

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. Bagdadia at funet
  3. Yang, M-Q. & Li, H-H. 2015: A taxonomic study of the genus Bagdadia Amsel, 1949 from Hainan Island of China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). zootaxa 2015 3972(4) 589-594. Preview (PDF)
  4. Park, K. T.; Ponomarenko, M. G., 1996: New faunistic data of the Gelechiidae in Korea, with description of two new species of Anarsia Zeller. Korean Journal Of Entomology. 26(4): 343-349


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