Lacistodes tauropis

Lacistodes tauropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Lacistodes
Species: L. tauropis
Binomial name
Lacistodes tauropis
Meyrick, 1921

Lacistodes tauropis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, suffusedly striated transversely with dark fuscous and a suffused dark fuscous spot on the base of the costa. The plical and first discal stigmata are represented by a transverse dark fuscous blotch, the lower half enlarged and projecting anteriorly, the second discal by a dark fuscous transverse mark. The confluence of dark striation tends to form an undefined transverse fascia just beyond the second discal stigma and a streak along the termen, widest at the apex. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

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