Bagdadia sapindivora

Bagdadia sapindivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Bagdadia
Species:	B. sapindivora
Binomial name
	Bagdadia sapindivora; (Clarke, 1958)
Synonyms
	Chelaria sapindivora Clarke, 1958; Hypatima sapindivora Clarke, 1958;

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 .

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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[1] 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.

[2] Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Bagdadia sapindivora (Clarke, 1958)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.

[3] Entomological News. 69 (1): 5.

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