Sarisophora nyctiphylax

Sarisophora nyctiphylax
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Sarisophora
Species:	S. nyctiphylax
Binomial name
	Sarisophora nyctiphylax; Turner, 1919
Synonyms
	Lecithocera nyctiphylax;

Sarisophora nyctiphylax is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1919. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are brownish-fuscous with a few scattered blackish scales. The discal dots are nearly obsolete, the plical below the first discal. The hindwings are grey, the basal third whitish-ochreous and its edges suffused.^[2]

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