Lethata obscura

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Lethata obscura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Lethata
Species:
L. obscura
Binomial name
Lethata obscura
Duckworth, 1967

Lethata obscura is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Peru. [1]

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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