Lecithocera haemylopis

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Lecithocera haemylopis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. haemylopis
Binomial name
Lecithocera haemylopis
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia haemylopisMeyrick, 1911

Lecithocera haemylopis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka. [1]

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, slightly purplish tinged. The stigmata are black, the plical slightly beyond the first discal, both these edged posteriorly with a few white scales, the second discal mixed with white scales. There is an obscure pale whitish-ochreous dot on the costa at four-fifths, with traces of a very faint sinuate transverse line from it. The hindwings are grey. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera haemylopis (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 716. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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