Torodora Angustia
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''Torodora angustia'' is a
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 was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2007. It is found in
Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
. 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 13.5-14.5 mm.


Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latin word ''angustus'' (meaning narrow).Park, K. T. (2007)
"Three new species of ''Torodora'' Meyrick, 1894 from Thailand (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae)"
''SHILAP Revista de LepidopterologĂ­a''. 35 (137): 23-28.


References

Moths described in 2007 Torodora {{Torodora-stub