Lecithocera compsophila
Lecithocera compsophila is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
Lecithocera compsophila | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Lecithocera |
Species: | L. compsophila |
Binomial name | |
Lecithocera compsophila (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are light ochreous brown or sometimes fuscous, somewhat infuscated or darker suffused posteriorly. There are traces of a white oblique strigula from the costa before the middle, which is sometimes obsolete. The stigmata are faintly darker, the plical rather obliquely beyond the first discal, the second discal forming a transverse mark, but all sometimes quite obsolete. A fine oblique white strigula is found from the costa at three-fourths, where a faint angulated whitish line proceeds to the tornus. There is also a black apical dot, more or less edged with white above and beneath, as well as an interrupted blackish terminal line. The hindwings are fuscous, sometimes paler towards the base.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera compsophila (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 709.
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