Lecithocera mylitacha

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

Lecithocera mylitacha 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 in China and in Thailand.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The species resembles Lecithocera combusta, but the forewings are light with a pattern.[2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera mylitacha Wu & Liu, 1993". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
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] Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera mylitacha Wu & Liu, 1993". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

[2] 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.