Lecithocera puteolata

Lecithocera puteolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. puteolata
Binomial name
Lecithocera puteolata
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia puteolata Meyrick, 1911

Lecithocera puteolata is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is 21-23 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged. The stigmata are represented by small blackish spots, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal, both these edged posteriorly with ochreous-whitish suffusion, the second discal similarly edged on both sides. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous, becoming fuscous towards the termen and apex.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (3): 716


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