Lecithocera haemylopis
Lecithocera haemylopis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Lecithocera |
| Species: | L. haemylopis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera haemylopis (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged. The stigmata are black, the plical slightly beyond the first discal, both these edged posteriorly with a few white scales, the second discal mixed with white scales. There is an obscure pale whitish-ochreous dot on the costa at four-fifths, with traces of a very faint sinuate transverse line from it. The hindwings are grey.[2]
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