Lecithocera cordata
Lecithocera cordata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in southern India.[1]
| Lecithocera cordata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Lecithocera |
| Species: | L. cordata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera cordata (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are purplish-fuscous, irrorated with blackish, more strongly and suffusedly towards the base, along the costa, and on the terminal area. There is a streak of ochreous-whitish suffusion along the dorsum from one-third to three-fourths. The stigmata are represented by cloudy blackish spots, the first discal roundish, the plical beneath this, larger and irregular, both these irregularly edged posteriorly with white, the second discal transverse-oval, edged posteriorly and slightly anteriorly with white. There is a strong whitish-ochreous subterminal line, indented on the upper half. The hindwings are fuscous-whitish, gradually more infuscated posteriorly.[2]