Lecithocera mylitacha

Lecithocera mylitacha is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Chun-Sheng Wu and You-Qiao Liu in 1993. It is found in Yunnan in China and in Thailand.[1]

Lecithocera mylitacha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. mylitacha
Binomial name
Lecithocera mylitacha
Wu & Liu, 1993

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The species resembles Lecithocera combusta, but the forewings are light with a pattern.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera mylitacha Wu & Liu, 1993". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  2. Wu, C.-S. & Liu, Y.-Q. (1993). "A study of the Chinese Lecithocera Herrich-Schaffer, 1853 and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae)" (PDF). Sinozoologia (in Chinese). 10: 319–345.


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