Sarisophora cyclonitis

Sarisophora cyclonitis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Sarisophora cyclonitis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Sarisophora
Species:
S. cyclonitis
Binomial name
Sarisophora cyclonitis
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Styloceros cyclonitis Meyrick, 1904
  • Lecithocera cyclonitis

The wingspan is 11–13 mm (0.43–0.51 in). The forewings are rather dark fuscous, irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish-ochreous points, with scattered blackish-fuscous scales and a short black subcostal dash from the base. There is a whitish-ochreous plical mark at one-fourth, edged with some black scales. The stigmata are indicated by obscure spots of blackish-fuscous suffusion, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal, all followed by some obscure whitish-ochreous suffusion. The hindwings are fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (13 January 2015). "Sarisophora cyclonitis (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (2 (114)): 409 – via Internet Archive.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.