Lecithocera fausta

Lecithocera fausta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. fausta
Binomial name
Lecithocera fausta
Meyrick, 1910

Lecithocera fausta is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).[1]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-yellowish, slightly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous specks. The discal stigmata are small and dark fuscous with a slight rather oblique shade of dark fuscous irroration between the second and the dorsum. The apical margin is fuscous. The hindwings are whitish-yellowish.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 449


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