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Torodora recurvata

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ21309582 ↗
Source-derived summary

Torodora recurvata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in the Philippines on the islands of Luzon and Mindanao.

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are light fuscous with the terminal edge dark fuscous. The hindwings are dark grey.

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“Torodora recurvata” enters the record as species of insect. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Torodora, recurvata and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Torodora recurvata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.