Protolychnis maculata

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Protolychnis maculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Protolychnis
Species:
P. maculata
Binomial name
Protolychnis maculata
(Walsingham, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera maculataWalsingham, 1881

Protolychnis maculata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Walsingham in 1881. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Orientale), Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are fuscous, slightly shining, and with a purplish tinge. There is a small faint ochreous discal spot on the outer edge of the basal third and a larger roundish faint ochreous spot at the end of the cell, and another less conspicuous spot of the same colour (sometimes scarcely visible) on the costal margin above and beyond it, from which an outwardly angulated line of very faint ochreous scales crosses the wing to the dorsal margin. The hindwings are fuscous, slightly paler than the forewings. [3]

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References

  1. "Protolychnis". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881 (2) : 276 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .