Lecithocera choritis

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

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

The wingspan is 21-23 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-yellowish, irregularly and variably irrorated with purplish-fuscous and dark fuscous. The discal stigmata are represented by round dark purplish-fuscous spots, connected by a central elongate patch of pale ground colour. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2): 447


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