Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lecithoceridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Sarisophora | |
Sarisophora praecentrix is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in New Guinea.
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are orange-yellow, with some scattered dark fuscous specks and a short streak of dark fuscous suffusion on the base of the costa, as well as an incurved streak of dark fuscous irroration from the costa at three-fourths to the dorsum at three-fourths. The hindwings are light ochreous-yellow.
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