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Lecithocera xanthophaea

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Species of moth in genus Lecithocera

Lecithocera xanthophaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. xanthophaea
Binomial name
Lecithocera xanthophaea
Meyrick, 1926

Lecithocera xanthophaea is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found on Borneo.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are brownish irregularly sprinkled dark fuscous and with a rather broad streak of yellow-ochreous suffusion from the base beneath the costa to the costa near the apex, the costal edge above it suffused dark fuscous, more strongly towards the base. In males, there is a rather broad yellow-ochreous subdorsal streak from near the base to near the termen. The first discal stigma is moderate and dark fuscous, the second forming a narrow transverse dark fuscous bar extended to the costa and dorsum by undefined dark fuscous suffusion. There is also a dark fuscous terminal line preceded by fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are grey in males and dark grey in females.

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Sarawak Mus. J. 3 : 158 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Lecithocera xanthophaea


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