Carodista cultrata
| Carodista cultrata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Species: | C. cultrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Carodista cultrata Park, 1999[1]
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Carodista cultrata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in Taiwan.[2]
The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The forewings are relatively narrow, elongate and heavily covered with brown scales throughout. There is a visible fuscous streak at the end of the cell vertically. The hindwings are extremely oblique, pale grey and broader towards the base.
Etymology[]
The species name is derived from Latin culter (meaning knife-shaped) and refers to the median lobe in the lammella postivaginalis of the female genitalia.
References[]
Categories:
- Moths described in 1999
- Carodista
- Lecithocerinae stubs