Sisyrodonta
| Sisyrodonta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Sisyrodonta Meyrick, 1922 |
| Species: | S. ochrosidera
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| Binomial name | |
| Sisyrodonta ochrosidera Meyrick, 1922
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Sisyrodonta is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Sisyrodonta ochrosidera, it is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.[1]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark indigo-blue-fuscous with a rather broad irregular yellow-ochreous median fascia not quite reaching the costa or dorsum. There is a rather large yellow-ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths, and smaller irregular one on the dorsum opposite. The hindwings are pale yellow-ochreous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ funet.fi
- ^ Ark. Zool. 14 (15) : 6
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