Torodora aritai

Torodora aritai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Torodora
Species: T. aritai
Binomial name
Torodora aritai
K.T. Park, 2002

Torodora aritai is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by K.T. Park in 2002. It is found in Cambodia and Thailand.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are brown with a small yellowish-white patch at four-fifths of the costa and a dark brown elongate spot at the end of the cell.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Dr. Yutaka Arita, who collected the type specimen.[2]

References

  1. ↑ funet.fi
  2. ↑ Park, K.T. 2002: Taxonomic Review of the Genus Torodora Meyrick in Thailand, with Descriptions of Fifteen New Species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae). Insecta Koreana, 19 (2): 147-166. Full Article:


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