Larcophora

Larcophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Larcophora
Meyrick, 1925
Species: L. sophronistis
Binomial name
Larcophora sophronistis
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Onebala sophronistis Meyrick, 1918

Larcophora is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Larcophora sophronistis, which is found in India.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous with a transverse blackish fascia at one-third, narrowed towards the costa. The second discal stigma is moderate, round and black and there is a dark fuscous shade from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, suffused anteriorly, well-defined posteriorly and somewhat angulated beneath the costa and in the disc. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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