| Lecithocera metacausta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Lecithocera |
| Species: | L. metacausta |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera metacausta Meyrick, 1910 | |
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Lecithocera metacausta is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in India (Assam, Himachal Pradesh), Taiwan and Korea.
The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The forewings are yellow-ochreous, suffusedly sprinkled with brown or dark fuscous and with the base of the costa more or less suffused with dark fuscous. The discal stigmata are dark fuscous, sometimes with a transverse mark of dark fuscous suffusion between the second discal and the dorsum. There is a dark fuscous patch along the termen from the apex, more or less narrowed downwards and not reaching the tornus. The hindwings are pale grey or in females sometimes grey.
References
- TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
- "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) of Taiwan (I): Subfamily Lecithocerinae: Genera Homaloxestis Meyrick and Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer
- J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2): 446
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| Lecithocera metacausta | |
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