Lethata oculosa

Lethata oculosa is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in São Paulo, Brazil.[1]

Lethata oculosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Lethata
Species:
L. oculosa
Binomial name
Lethata oculosa
Duckworth, 1967

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are greyish brown with the costal edge light ochreous. There is deep brown suffusion from the anal angle over the basal third and a spot at the end of the cell consisting of a ring of deep brown enclosing whitish scales with a dot of deep brown in the center. There is also an indistinct outwardly curving deep brown transverse line from the costa to the dorsum at the apical two-thirds. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. "Lethata Duckworth, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 122 (3585): 10


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