Lecithocera licnitha

Lecithocera licnitha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Lecithocera
Species:	L. licnitha
Binomial name
	Lecithocera licnitha; Wu and Liu, 1993

Lecithocera licnitha is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Chun-Sheng Wu and You-Qiao Liu in 1993. It is found in Yunnan, China.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The species resembles Lecithocera acolasta, but in this species the costal margin of the forewings is almost straight and the discocellular dot is free.[1]

References

Wu, C.-S. & Liu, Y.-Q. (1993). "A study of the Chinese Lecithocera Herrich-Schaffer, 1853 and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae)" (PDF). Sinozoologia (in Chinese). 10: 319–345.

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[1] Wu, C.-S. & Liu, Y.-Q. (1993). "A study of the Chinese Lecithocera Herrich-Schaffer, 1853 and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae)" (PDF). Sinozoologia (in Chinese). 10: 319–345.