Torodora typhlopis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in southern India.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Torodora |
| Species: | T. typhlopis
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| Binomial name | |
| Torodora typhlopis (Meyrick, 1911)
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The wingspan is 22–30 mm (0.87–1.18 in). The forewings are glossy dark purplish fuscous. The stigmata are represented by black spots, the first discal small, round and confluent with a large trapezoidal plical beneath it, the second discal moderate and transverse. The hindwings are fuscous, in females rather darker.[2]
References edit
- ^ Markku Savela. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (3): 715
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