Bagdadia sapindivora

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

Bagdadia sapindivora is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929.[1] It is found in Japan (Honshu).[2]

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.

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