Trichoboscis crocosema

Trichoboscis crocosema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Trichoboscis
Species: T. crocosema
Binomial name
Trichoboscis crocosema
(Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera crocosema Meyrick, 1929

Trichoboscis crocosema is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in India (Andaman Islands).[1]

The wingspan is 13-14 mm. The forewings are purple-fuscous irrorated dark fuscous and slightly sprinkled whitish, the stigmata forming small obscure cloudy blackish spots, the plical slightly before the first discal. There is an elongate suffused light ochreous-yellowish mark on the costa at four-fifths. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the apex.[2]

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