Order Butterflies and moths | Rank Species | |
Sarisophora cyclonitis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is 11-13 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, irrorated with whitish-ochreous points, with scattered blackish-fuscous scales and a short black subcostal dash from the base. There is a whitish-ochreous plical mark at one-fourth, edged with some black scales. The stigmata are indicated by obscure spots of blackish-fuscous suffusion, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal, all followed by some obscure whitish-ochreous sufifusion. The hindwings are fuscous.
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