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Lecithocera dubitans

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Lecithocera dubitans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. dubitans
Binomial name
Lecithocera dubitans
Meyrick, 1926

Lecithocera dubitans is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Mumbai, India.[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous with some scattered fuscous specks, in females with some fuscous suffused irroration (sprinkles) towards the costa posteriorly. The discal stigmata are small and blackish, the second transversely double. In females, there is a suffused fuscous subtriangular spot on the dorsum towards the tornus touching the second discal. The hindwings are pale ochreous in males and pale grey in females, suffused with ochreous whitish towards the costa and posteriorly.[2]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera dubitans Meyrick, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. ^ The Sarawak Museum Journal. 3: 157.