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Sphagiocrates lusoria

(Sphagiocrates lusoria)

Description

Sphagiocrates lusoria is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Indonesia (Java, Sumatra). The wingspan is 23–24 mm. The basal area of the forewings is suffused orange and there is a violet-brown suffused streak along the costa from the base to near the apex. A short dark brown streak is found on the dorsal edge near the base and there is a streak of ferruginous-orange suffusion from the base along the fold to the plical stigma. The stigmata are represented by spots of orange suffusion, sometimes purplish-mixed, the first discal large, rather beyond the plical. There is a shade of orange-purplish suffusion from four-fifths of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum, well-defined posteriorly and with an angular projection in the middle. There is some slight orange suffusion along the termen. The hindwings are whitish.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Sphagiocrates
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