Bifascioides sindonia

Bifascioides sindonia is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Aldabra in the Seychelles.[1]

Bifascioides sindonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Bifascioides
Species:
B. sindonia
Binomial name
Bifascioides sindonia
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Cholotis sindonia Meyrick, 1911

This species has a wingspan of 7–8 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a rather broad ochreous-white fascia near the base.[2]

References
  1. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattungen Bifascia Amsel, Bifascioides Kasy, und Gisilia Kasy (Lepidoptera, Walshiidae)
  2. Meyrick, 1911. The Percy Sladen Trade Expedition.


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