Lecithocera dissonella
Lecithocera dissonella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Lecithocera |
| Species: | L. dissonella |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera dissonella (Walker, 1864) | |
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Adults are pale cinereous-straw colour, the forewings ferruginous speckled, with two black points in the disc, one before the middle, the other beyond the middle, continued to the interior border by means of a brown streak. There is a row of black points along the apical part of the costa and along the exterior border. The hindwings are dark cinereous.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera dissonella (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: 821
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