Lecithocera squamifera

Lecithocera squamifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. squamifera
Binomial name
Lecithocera squamifera
Meyrick, 1929

Lecithocera squamifera is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found on New Hanover Island.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are fuscous, sprinkled darker. The discal stigmata are cloudy and dark fuscous, the second forming the upper end of a slender transverse mark on the end of the cell. The hindwings are grey, with the veins darker.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Exot. Microlep. 3 (17): 525


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