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''Torodora angustia'' 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 2007. It is found in
Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...
is 13.5-14.5 mm.


Etymology

The species name refers to the narrow forewing and is derived from Latin ''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