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Bagdadia sapindivora

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Bagdadia sapindivora is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Japan (Honshu).

The wingspan is 13-17 mm. The forewings are greyish-fuscous, the scales tipped with cinereous. The extreme costa of the forewings is tawny-olive and there are five raised tawny-olive scale tufts mixed with greyish-fuscous and cinereous on the costa. There are also three tawny-olive blotches, the third of which with a spot of ground color in the center. The hindwings are fuscous, lighter basally.

The larvae feed on Sapindus mukurossi.

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Bagdadia sapindivora Wikipedia


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