Lecithocera improvisa

Lecithocera improvisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. improvisa
Binomial name
Lecithocera improvisa
Diakonoff, [1968]

Lecithocera improvisa is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Diakonoff in 1968. It is found in the Philippines (Mindanao).[1]

The wingspan is about 13.5 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, irregularly clouded and dusted with darker fuscous. The stigmata are small and black, the first discal ill-defined, the second discal at three-fifths is rounded and the plical is slightly larger, suboval and found beyond one-fourth, the terminal edge with a series of rather suffused, not distinctly separate subtriangular small dots. The hindwings are glossy pale fuscous, finely dusted with darker fuscous.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 257 : 146


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