Lecithocera terrena

Lecithocera terrena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. terrena
Binomial name
Lecithocera terrena
(Turner, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Sarisophora terrena Turner, 1919

Lecithocera terrena is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Turner in 1919. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is 15-17 mm. The forewings are ochreous-grey-whitish, with the first discal dot at one-third, dark fuscous and distinct. The plical is obsolete and the second, nearly obsolete, discal is found before two-third. There is some fuscous irroration between it and the tornus and some fuscous irroration on the termen. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 153


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