Lecithocera umbripennis

Lecithocera umbripennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. umbripennis
Binomial name
Lecithocera umbripennis
(Swinhoe, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia umbripennis Swinhoe, 1885

Lecithocera umbripennis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Swinhoe in 1885. It is found in India (Bombay, Poona).[1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm for males and 18 mm for females. The forewings are dark umber-brown, with two inconspicuous darker spots, the first above and before the middle, the second equidistant from the costal and dorsal margins, at the end of the cell. The hindwings are pale cinereous.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 : 884


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