Lecithocera storestis 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 | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Lecithocera |
Species: | L. storestis
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Binomial name | |
Lecithocera storestis (Meyrick, 1911)
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The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with the stigmata represented by small cloudy blackish spots, the plical elongate, rather before the first discal. There is a small oblique whitish mark on costa at two-thirds and a cloudy blackish terminal line. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera storestis (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 711. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.