Lecithocera licnitha
Appearance
Lecithocera licnitha | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Lecithocera |
Species: | L. licnitha
|
Binomial name | |
Lecithocera licnitha Wu and Liu, 1993
|
Lecithocera licnitha is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Chun-Sheng Wu and You-Qiao Liu in 1993. It is found in Yunnan, China.
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The species resembles Lecithocera acolasta, but in this species the costal margin of the forewings is almost straight and the discocellular dot is free.[1]
References
- ^ Wu, C.-S. & Liu, Y.-Q. (1993). "A study of the Chinese Lecithocera Herrich-Schaffer, 1853 and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae)" (PDF). Sinozoologia (in Chinese). 10: 319–345.