Carodista nubigena
| Carodista nubigena | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Carodista |
| Species: | C. nubigena |
| Binomial name | |
| Carodista nubigena (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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Carodista nubigena is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous. The stigmata are cloudy and blackish, the plical slightly beyond the first discal. There is a small pale ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths, and a minute dot on the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are light fuscous.[2]
References
- ↑ "Carodista". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
- ↑ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (3): 720
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