Lecithocera carpaea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Lecithocera |
| Species: | L. carpaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera carpaea (Meyrick, 1906)
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Lecithocera carpaea is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are ochreous-yellow, with some fine scattered black scales and with a very small blackish spot on the base of the costa, as well as a rather curved outwardly oblique thick black mark in the disc about two-fifths, as well as a small round black discal spot before three-fourths. The hindwings are light grey, paler and whitish-tinged towards the base.[2]
References
- ^ "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (1): 149
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