Lecithocera pulchella
Lecithocera pulchella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae first described by Kyu-Tek Park in 1999. It is found in Taiwan.[2]
| Lecithocera pulchella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Lecithocera |
| Species: | L. pulchella |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera pulchella Park, 1999[1] | |
The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are relatively broad. The ground color is yellowish orange, sparsely suffused with dark-brown scales beyond two thirds length. There are two well defined discal spots, the inner one near the middle and a bigger distal one at the end of the cell. The hindwings are grey.
Etymology
The species name is derived from the Latin pulcher (meaning beautiful).
gollark: Oh, NationStates!
gollark: x e n o w y r m
gollark: I basically just try and gather rare/tradable stuff in the hope that one day I'll get a cool thing.
gollark: They stay for a while, so also click over to alpine.
gollark: <:ThisIsFine:414036679813365770> in the middle of people pointing out that hub rules are broken.
References
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