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''Sarisophora hadroides'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
in the family
Lecithoceridae The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of th ...
. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2012. It is found in
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
.


Etymology

The species name is derived from Greek word ''hadro'' meaning thick, stout. Park, K. T. (2012)
"Lecithoceridae (Gelechioidea, Lepidoptera) of New Guinea Part X: Review of the genus ''Sarisophora'', with descriptions of seven new species"
''Tropical Lepidoptera Research''. 22 (1): 8-15.


References

Moths described in 2012 Sarisophora {{Lecithocerinae-stub