Taragmarcha laqueata is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic on the island of Mauritius.[1]
| Taragmarcha laqueata | |
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| Taragmarcha laqueata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Taragmarcha |
| Species: | T. laqueata
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| Taragmarcha laqueata Meyrick, 1910
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It has a wingspan of 17mm, head and thorax are dark glossy fuscous, palpi white. Antennae whitish, ringed with dark fuscous. The abdomen is grey. Forewings are elongated, rather dark glossy fuscous, with a white streak along basal third of costa. Hindwings are dark grey[2]
Another species, Taragmarcha borbonensis, from the neighboring island of La Réunion had originally been designated as a subspecies of T. laqueata.
References
edit- ^ "AfroMoths". AfroMoths. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
- ^ Meyrick, E. 1910a. Descriptions of Micro-Lepidoptera from Mauritius and Chagos Isles. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1910(3):370
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