Lethata obscura is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Peru.[1]
| Lethata obscura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Lethata |
| Species: | L. obscura
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| Binomial name | |
| Lethata obscura Duckworth, 1967
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The wingspan is about 29 mm. The forewings are whitish varyingly overcast with brownish ochreous and with the costa, apex and termen narrowly deep ochreous. There is a small, purplish spot in the fold and a purplish spot at the end of the cell, with scattered whitish scales. There is also a faint, outwardly curving, transverse line from the costa at the apical third to near the tornus. There are also a few fuscous scales scattered irregularly over the entire wing. The hindwings are whitish, overcast with grey scales in the anal area.[2]
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- ^ "Lethata Duckworth, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 122 (3585): 18
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