Sarisophora chlaenota

Sarisophora chlaenota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Sarisophora
Species: S. chlaenota
Binomial name
Sarisophora chlaenota
Meyrick, 1904
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera chlaenota

Sarisophora chlaenota is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are bronzy-fuscous, much suffused with dark ashy-fuscous, with a few scattered black scales. The stigmata are black and very undefined, the plical indefinitely elongate. The hindwings are pale ochreous-yellovv, the terminal half dark fuscous.[2]

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