Lecithocera leucotella

Lecithocera leucotella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Lecithocera
Species:	L. leucotella
Binomial name
	Lecithocera leucotella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Tiriza leucotella Walker, 1864;

Lecithocera leucotella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo.[1]

Adults are dark cupreous, the forewings with three irregular dark metallic-blue bands and with a silvery white point near the tip of the costa. The fringe is silvery white, except towards the interior border. The hindwings have a broad abbreviated irregular semihyaline (almost glasslike) white stripe.[2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera leucotella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 791 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera leucotella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.

[2] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 791 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.