Sisyrodonta
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''Sisyrodonta'' is a genus of
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
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 the ...
. It contains the species ''Sisyrodonta ochrosidera'', it is found in
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, where it has been recorded from
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. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...
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.Ark. Zool. 14 (15) : 6


References


Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Lecithoceridae Monotypic moth genera {{Lecithoceridae-stub