| Bagdadia sapindivora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Bagdadia |
| Species: | B. sapindivora |
| Binomial name | |
| Bagdadia sapindivora (Clarke, 1958) | |
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Bagdadia sapindivora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1958.[1] It is found in Honshu, Japan.[2]
The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are greyish fuscous, the scales tipped with cinereous. The extreme costa of the forewings is tawny olive and there are five raised tawny-olive scale tufts mixed with greyish fuscous and cinereous on the costa. There are also three tawny-olive blotches, the third of which with a spot of ground color in the center. The hindwings are fuscous, lighter basally.[3]
The larvae feed on Sapindus mukurossi.
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima sapindivora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Bagdadia sapindivora (Clarke, 1958)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ↑ Entomological News. 69 (1): 5.
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