Lecithocera cordata

Lecithocera cordata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. cordata
Binomial name
Lecithocera cordata
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia cordata Meyrick, 1911

Lecithocera cordata is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are purplish-fuscous, irrorated with blackish, more strongly and suffusedly towards the base, along the costa, and on the terminal area. There is a streak of ochreous-whitish suffusion along the dorsum from one-third to three-fourths. The stigmata are represented by cloudy blackish spots, the first discal roundish, the plical beneath this, larger and irregular, both these irregularly edged posteriorly with white, the second discal transverse-oval, edged posteriorly and slightly anteriorly with white. There is a strong whitish-ochreous subterminal line, indented on the upper half. The hindwings are fuscous-whitish, gradually more infuscated posteriorly.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (3): 720


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