Larcophora | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
Genus: |
Larcophora Meyrick, 1925 |
Species: | L. sophronistis
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Binomial name | |
Larcophora sophronistis (Meyrick, 1918)
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Synonyms | |
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Larcophora is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Larcophora sophronistis, which is found in India. [1]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous with a transverse blackish fascia at one-third, narrowed towards the costa. The second discal stigma is moderate, round and black and there is a dark fuscous shade from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, suffused anteriorly, well-defined posteriorly and somewhat angulated beneath the costa and in the disc. The hindwings are grey. [2]