Teucrodoxa spiculifera
| Teucrodoxa spiculifera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Teucrodoxa |
| Species: | T. spiculifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Teucrodoxa spiculifera (Meyrick, 1918) | |
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Teucrodoxa spiculifera is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is 20-22 mm. The forewings are ochreous-yellow in males and ochreous-orange in females. The markings shining leaden-grey-metallic, edged with some black scales. There is an elongate spot on the base of the costa and elongate marks in the disc at one-fifth and beyond the middle. There is a somewhat oblique transverse line at two-fifths. On posterior two-fifths, a series of more or less developed longitudinal lines is found between the veins. The hindwings of the males are blackish-grey, suffused whitish-ochreous on the anterior three-fifths except towards the margins. The hindwings of the females are grey.[2]