Bagdadia sapindivora
| Bagdadia sapindivora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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 Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929.[1] It is found in Japan (Honshu).[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.
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