Lecithocera puteolata
Lecithocera puteolata 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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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Lecithocera |
| Species: | L. puteolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera puteolata (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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The wingspan is 21–23 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged. The stigmata are represented by small blackish spots, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal, both these edged posteriorly with ochreous-whitish suffusion, the second discal similarly edged on both sides. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous, becoming fuscous towards the termen and apex.[2]
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