Sarisophora hadroides

Sarisophora hadroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Sarisophora
Species: S. hadroides
Binomial name
Sarisophora hadroides
Park, 2012

Sarisophora hadroides is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Park in 2012. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is 13-14 mm. The forewings are pale orange, uniformly speckled with brownish scales and dark-brown scales along the costa in the basal half. There is a broad, dark-brown well-developed terminal fascia, as well as two dark-brown discal stigmata, the first one elongate and found at the middle, and the second one smaller, at the end of the cell, weakly suffused with brownish scales extending to the inner margin. The hindwings are orange white.

Etymology

The species name refers to the antenna with a stout basal part in the flagellum and is derived from Greek hadro (meaning thick, stout), with the Greek superlative ending -odes.[2]

References

  1. funet.fi
  2. Park, K.T. 2012: Lecithoceridae (Gelechioidea, Lepidoptera) of New Guinea Part X: Review of the genus Sarisophora, with descriptions of seven new species. Tropical Lepidoptera research, 22(1): 8-15. Full Article:


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