Torodora argocrossa is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Torodora argocrossa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Torodora
Species:
T. argocrossa
Binomial name
Torodora argocrossa
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia argocrossa Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are purplish fuscous. The stigmata are black, the plical rather obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a whitish dot on the costa at two-thirds, where sometimes a very faint pale curved or bent line runs to the dorsum and there is a blackish terminal line. The hindwings are grey with an oblique dark grey discal mark.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Markku Savela. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (3): 710   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.