Lecithocera mesosura

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Lecithocera mesosura
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. mesosura
Binomial name
Lecithocera mesosura
C. S. Wu & Park, 1999

Lecithocera mesosura is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Chun-Sheng Wu and Kyu-Tek Park in 1999. It is found in Sri Lanka. [1]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are brown speckled with dark brown and with a dark brown pattern. The cell-dot is small and the discal spot large. The hindwings are light brown.

Etymology

The species name is said to be derived from Greek mesos (meaning middle) and ura (meaning tail). [2] The proper word for "tail" in ancient Greek is however oura (οὐρά). [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Lecithocera mesosura Wu & Park, 1999". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ Wu, Chun-Sheng & Park, Kyu-Tek (1999). "Taxonomic review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) in Sri Lanka IV. The subfamily Lecithocerinae: genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer and its allies". Insecta Koreana. 16 (1): 1-14.
  3. ↑ Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon: Revised and Augmented Throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones With the Assistance of Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.


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