Carodista bathroptila
| Carodista bathroptila | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Carodista |
| Species: | C. bathroptila |
| Binomial name | |
| Carodista bathroptila (Meyrick, 1929) | |
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Carodista bathroptila is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in India (Assam).[1]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are ochreous-yellow with a large basal tuft of erect yellow-whitish scales. The markings are obscure, ill-defined and yellow-whitish, consisting of a broad fascia towards the base, a broad postmedian fascia interrupted in the middle, and an S-shaped streak from the disc at three-fourths to the apex. The hindwings are yellow-whitish.[2]
References
- ↑ "Carodista". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
- ↑ Exot. Microlep. 3 (17): 517
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