Lecithocera cornutella

Lecithocera cornutella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. cornutella
Binomial name
Lecithocera cornutella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia cornutella Walker, 1864

Lecithocera cornutella is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Adults are cinereous fawn-colour, with the wings long, narrow and shining. The forewings are somewhat rounded at the tips, with the exterior border extremely oblique. The hindwings are whitish cinereous.[2]

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