Lecithocera mesosura
| Lecithocera mesosura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Lecithocera |
| Species: | L. mesosura
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| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera mesosura C. S. Wu & Park, 1999
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Lecithocera mesosura is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Chun-Sheng Wu and Kyu-Tek Park in 1999. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is about 11 mm.[2] The proper word for "tail" in ancient Greek is however oura (οὐρά).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Lecithocera mesosura Wu & Park, 1999". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ Wu, Chun-Sheng & Park, Kyu-Tek (1999). "Taxonomic review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) in Sri Lanka IV. The subfamily Lecithocerinae: genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer and its allies". Insecta Koreana. 16 (1): 1-14.
- ^ Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon: Revised and Augmented Throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones With the Assistance of Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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