Sarisophora leucoscia

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Sarisophora leucoscia is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in Australia (including Queensland)[2] and New Zealand.[3]

Sarisophora leucoscia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Sarisophora
Species:
S. leucoscia
Binomial name
Sarisophora leucoscia
Turner, 1919[1]
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera leucoscia

The wingspan is approximately 15 mm. The forewings are whitish suffused with fuscous, leaving the basal costal area, a median streak, and much of the central area is whitish. There is a broad rounded dark-fuscous dorsal patch from the base to beyond the middle area. The discal spots are dark-fuscous, the first discal at one-third, the second discal just beyond the middle and the plical included in the dorsal patch. A dark-fuscous subcostal line is found from the base to one-fourth of the wings and some dark fuscous scales are present on the postmedian veins. The hindwings are pale grey.[4]

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