Lecithocera dracopis

Lecithocera dracopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. dracopis
Binomial name
Lecithocera dracopis
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Celetodes dracopis Meyrick, 1921

Lecithocera dracopis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Indonesia (Java).[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, speckled with fuscous and with a blackish mark on the base of the costa. The stigmata are rather large and black, the first discal smaller, the plical slightly before the first discal. There are some undefined groups of blackish irroration along the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Zool. Meded. Leyden 6 : 166


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