Lecithocera cucullata

Lecithocera cucullata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Mozambique.[1][2]

Lecithocera cucullata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. cucullata
Binomial name
Lecithocera cucullata
Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are light yellow-ochreous with a dark purplish-fuscous wedge-shaped spot on the base of the costa. The discal stigmata are dark fuscous and there is a broad suffused fuscous band occupying the terminal third of the wing. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Exot. Microlep. 1 (7): 199


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