Lecithocera iresia
Lecithocera iresia is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in southern India.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Lecithocera |
| Species: | L. iresia |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera iresia (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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The wingspan is 9–14 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-grey. The stigmata are represented by small obscure darker spots, sometimes nearly obsolete, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal, the second discal transverse-oval. There is a small whitish mark on the costa at three-fourths, where sometimes a faint slightly curved line of whitish scales runs to the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
- "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (3): 709
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