Larcophora

Larcophora is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Larcophora sophronistis, which is found in India.^[1]

Larcophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Subfamily:	Gelechiinae
Genus:	Larcophora Meyrick, 1925
Species:	L. sophronistis
Binomial name
Larcophora sophronistis (Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
Onebala sophronistis Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous with a transverse blackish fascia at one-third, narrowed towards the costa. The second discal stigma is moderate, round and black and there is a dark fuscous shade from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, suffused anteriorly, well-defined posteriorly and somewhat angulated beneath the costa and in the disc. The hindwings are grey.^[2]