Lecithocera excaecata

Lecithocera excaecata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found on Java in Indonesia.[1]

Lecithocera excaecata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. excaecata
Binomial name
Lecithocera excaecata
Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are brownish, darker towards the base of the costa and with a subtriangular dark fuscous blotch representing the plical and first discal stigmata, connected with the dorsum by rather dark fuscous suffusion. There is a spot of light ochreous-yellowish suffusion on the costa before the middle, beyond this an undefined costal patch of rather dark fuscous suffusion extending to the subterminal line. Two small cloudy dark fuscous spots are transversely placed on the end of the cell and there is a small spot of ochreous-yellowish suffusion on the costa towards the apex, where a curved suffused pale ochreous line runs to the dorsum at four-fifths, preceded on the lower portion by some dark fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera excaecata Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1922). "New Micro-Lepidoptera". Zoologische Mededeelingen. 7: 80–89.


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