Lecithocera leucotella
Lecithocera leucotella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo.[1]
| Lecithocera leucotella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Lecithocera |
| Species: | L. leucotella |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera leucotella (Walker, 1864) | |
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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
- 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
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