Lacistodes tauropis

Lacistodes tauropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Lacistodes
Species:	L. tauropis
Binomial name
	Lacistodes tauropis; Meyrick, 1921

Lacistodes tauropis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, suffusedly striated transversely with dark fuscous and a suffused dark fuscous spot on the base of the costa. The plical and first discal stigmata are represented by a transverse dark fuscous blotch, the lower half enlarged and projecting anteriorly, the second discal by a dark fuscous transverse mark. The confluence of dark striation tends to form an undefined transverse fascia just beyond the second discal stigma and a streak along the termen, widest at the apex. The hindwings are dark grey.^[3]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 15, 2014). "Lacistodes tauropis Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Lacistodes tauropis Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
^ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 92 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (June 15, 2014). "Lacistodes tauropis Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Lacistodes tauropis Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 92 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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