Lecithocera macella

Lecithocera macella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. macella
Binomial name
Lecithocera macella
Meyrick, 1918

Lecithocera macella is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are pale grey sprinkled dark fuscous, the costa more or less suffused ochreous-whitish. The discal stigmata are black, with a suffused dark fuscous dorsal spot beneath the second. There are cloudy blackish marginal dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Exotic Microlep. 2 (4): 105


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