Lecithocera itrinea

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

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

The wingspan is 12-13 mm. The forewings are brownish, irrorated with dark fuscous. The stigmata are very cloudy and dark fuscous, the plical hardly marked, the second discal sometimes forming a transverse mark. The hindwings are light fuscous.[2]

References

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


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