Bagdadia tricornis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Yang and Li in 2015.[1][failed verification] It is found in China (Hainan).
| Bagdadia tricornis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Bagdadia |
| Species: | B. tricornis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Bagdadia tricornis Yang & Li, 2015
| |
The wingspan is 8−10 mm. The forewings are yellowish brown, sprinkled with black and greyish white scales and three small scale tufts near the base, around them greyish white mixed with black scales. The costal margin has scale tufts at one-fourth, halfway and two-thirds. The hindwings are grey.
Etymology
editThe species name refers to the process of the valve and is derived from Latin tricornis (meaning triangular).[2]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ Yang, M-Q. & Li, H-H. 2015: A taxonomic study of the genus Bagdadia Amsel, 1949 from Hainan Island of China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). zootaxa 2015 3972(4) 589-594. Preview (PDF)