Taragmarcha laqueata

Taragmarcha laqueata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Taragmarcha
Species: T. laqueata
Binomial name
Taragmarcha laqueata
Meyrick, 1910

Taragmarcha laqueata is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic on the island of Mauritius.[1]

It has a wingspan of 17mm, head and thorax are dark glossy fuscous, palpi white. Antennae whitish, ringed with dark fuscous. The abdomen is grey. Forewings are elongated, rather dark glossy fuscous, with a white streak along basal third of costa. Hindwings are dark grey[2]

Another species, Taragmarcha borbonensis, from the neighboring island of La Réunion had originally been designated as a subspecies of T. laqueata.

References

  1. "AfroMoths". AfroMoths. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  2. Meyrick, E. 1910a. Descriptions of Micro-Lepidoptera from Mauritius and Chagos Isles. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1910(3):370


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