Lecithocera protoma

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

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

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish-fuscous with an oblique ochreous-whitish strigula on the costa at four-fifths, where a faint line of scales is indicated to the tornus. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Exot. Microlep. 1 (7): 198


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