Lecithocera alternella

Lecithocera alternella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. alternella
Binomial name
Lecithocera alternella
(Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Andusia alternella Walker, 1866

Lecithocera alternella is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Walker in 1866. It is found in Indonesia (Java).[1]

Adults are ferruginous-brown, the wings with an ochraceous fringe. The forewings have two basal ochraceous streaks and the hindwings have two abbreviated ochraceous stripes, one subcostal and bifurcate, the other trifurcate.[2]

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