Trichoboscis crocosema

Trichoboscis crocosema is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in India's Andaman Islands.[1]

Trichoboscis crocosema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Trichoboscis
Species:
T. crocosema
Binomial name
Trichoboscis crocosema
(Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera crocosema Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are purple fuscous sprinkled with dark fuscous and slightly sprinkled with whitish, the stigmata forming small obscure cloudy blackish spots, the plical slightly before the first discal. There is an elongate suffused light ochreous-yellowish mark on the costa at four-fifths. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the apex.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (May 5, 2016). "Trichoboscis crocosema (Meyrick, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 524.


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