Lecithocera pulcherrimella

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

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

Adults are cupreous-brown, the forewings tinged with chalybeous-blue for three-fourths of the length from the base and there are three ochraceous black-bordered patches, the first patch basal and the second antemedial. The third is postmedial and there are a few ochraceous speckles between the third patch and a chalybeous-blue submarginal line.[2]

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