Lecithocera sinuosa

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

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

The wingspan is 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in). The forewings are light glossy grey with a slight purplish tinge and with a narrow rather inwards-curved pale ochreous-yellowish fascia from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References

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


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