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Lecithocera oxycona

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

Lecithocera oxycona is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in southern India.[2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, somewhat pale sprinkled. There is a broad whitish-ochreous costal streak from the base to about three-fourths, attenuated to a point posteriorly. The discal stigmata are cloudy and dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lecithocera oxycona​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera oxycona Meyrick, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (2): 444.