Torodora babeana
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Torodora babeana is a moth
in the Lecithoceridae
family. It is found in northern Vietnam
.
The wingspan
is 19-20 mm. The ground color of the forewings is shiny golden brown, often with large yellowish triangular or elongate patch near two thirds of the inner margin. The hindwings are pale yellowish brown.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the Lecithoceridae
Lecithoceridae
Lecithoceridae is a family of small moths. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalaya ecozone and the southern part of the Palaearctic ecozone.-Systematics:...
family. It is found in northern Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 19-20 mm. The ground color of the forewings is shiny golden brown, often with large yellowish triangular or elongate patch near two thirds of the inner margin. The hindwings are pale yellowish brown.