Trichoboscis crocosema

Trichoboscis crocosema is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in India (Andaman Islands).[1]

Trichoboscis crocosema
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T. crocosema
Binomial name
Trichoboscis crocosema
(Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera crocosema Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are purple-fuscous irrorated dark fuscous and slightly sprinkled whitish, the stigmata forming small obscure cloudy blackish spots, the plical slightly before the first discal. There is an elongate suffused light ochreous-yellowish mark on the costa at four-fifths. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the apex.[2]

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