Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Bagdadia | |
Bagdadia salicicola is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Park in 1995. It is found in Taiwan, Japan and China (Hainan).
The length of the forewings is 3.9 mm for males and 4.4 mm for females. The forewings are greyish orange, speckled with pale fuscous and with fuscous suffusion in the basal one-ninth. There are four fuscous marks on the costa. The hindwings are pale brownish grey.
The larvae feed on Salix species.
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