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Torodora spilotella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Torodora

Torodora spilotella is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Adults are brown, the wings broad, with a yellowish marginal line. The forewings are slightly rounded at the tips, with two deep black patches in the disc, the first patch near the base, larger than the second, which is transverse and beyond the middle of the wing. The exterior border is straight and hardly oblique. The hindwings are brownish cinereous.

References

Torodora spilotella Wikipedia