Lecithocera hypsipola

Lecithocera hypsipola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. hypsipola
Binomial name
Lecithocera hypsipola
Meyrick, 1926

Lecithocera hypsipola is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1926. It is found in northern India.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are light yellow-ochreous with the base of the costa suffused dark fuscous. The discal stigmata are small, irregular and blackish, beneath the second an erect fuscous cloud from the dorsum with one or two blackish scales above it. The hindwings are pale greyish.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Exot. Microlep. 3 (10): 290


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