''Sarotorna eridora'' is a
moth
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of the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by
Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in
Australia
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, where it has been recorded from
New South Wales
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.
The
wingspan
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is about . The forewings are ochreous white with four moderate dark fuscous fasciae, the first subbasal, the second and third confluent on the costa in the middle, running to the middle of the dorsum and tornus respectively, the fourth from the costa before the apex to the termen. The hindwings are rather dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly.
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References
Moths described in 1904
Sarotorna
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