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

Lecithocera puteolata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera puteolata (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 716.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.