Carodista nubigena is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Carodista |
| Species: | C. nubigena
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| Binomial name | |
| Carodista nubigena (Meyrick, 1911)
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The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous. The stigmata are cloudy and blackish, the plical slightly beyond the first discal. There is a small pale ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths, and a minute dot on the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are light fuscous.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera nubigena (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 720.
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