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Torodora claustrata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Torodora

Torodora claustrata is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo.

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dark glossy slaty fuscous with narrow blackish-fuscous fasciae at two-fifths and four-fifths, slightly whitish edged posteriorly. There is a transverse-oval blackish-fuscous spot in the disc at two-thirds, slightly whitish edged, containing some ochreous-yellowish scales towards the centre. The hindwings are dark fuscous.

References

Torodora claustrata Wikipedia