Lecithocera itrinea

Lecithocera itrinea is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found in Sri Lanka and southern India.[1]

Lecithocera itrinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. itrinea
Binomial name
Lecithocera itrinea
Meyrick, 1910

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are brownish, irrorated with dark fuscous. The stigmata are very cloudy and dark fuscous, the plical hardly marked, the second discal sometimes forming a transverse mark. The hindwings are light fuscous.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2): 444


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