Lecithocera leucotella
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Lecithocera |
Species: | L. leucotella
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Binomial name | |
Lecithocera leucotella (Walker, 1864)
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Lecithocera leucotella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo.[1]
Adults are dark cupreous, the forewings with three irregular dark metallic-blue bands and with a silvery white point near the tip of the costa. The fringe is silvery white, except towards the interior border. The hindwings have a broad abbreviated irregular semihyaline (almost glasslike) white stripe.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera leucotella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 791 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.