Lecithocera leucoceros

Lecithocera leucoceros
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. leucoceros
Binomial name
Lecithocera leucoceros
Meyrick, 1932

Lecithocera leucoceros is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1932. It is found in Japan and China.[1]

The wingspan is 13-14 mm. The forewings are ferruginous-brownish-ochreous, speckled darker and with the extreme costal edge whitish-ochreous. The discal stigmata are fuscous, the second forming a transverse mark. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Exotic Microlep. 4 (7): 204


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