Lecithocera storestis

Lecithocera storestis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species: L. storestis
Binomial name
Lecithocera storestis
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia storestis Meyrick, 1911

Lecithocera storestis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with the stigmata represented by small cloudy blackish spots, the plical elongate, rather before the first discal. There is a small oblique whitish mark on costa at two-thirds and a cloudy blackish terminal line. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (3): 711


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