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Lecithocera dissonella

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Species of moth in genus Lecithocera

Lecithocera dissonella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. dissonella
Binomial name
Lecithocera dissonella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Patouissa dissonella Walker, 1864

Lecithocera dissonella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo.

Adults are pale cinereous-straw colour, the forewings ferruginous speckled, with two black points in the disc, one before the middle, the other beyond the middle, continued to the interior border by means of a brown streak. There is a row of black points along the apical part of the costa and along the exterior border. The hindwings are dark cinereous.

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera dissonella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 821 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Lecithocera dissonella


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