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Lecithocera crebrata

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Lecithocera crebrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. crebrata
Binomial name
Lecithocera crebrata
Meyrick, 1910

Lecithocera crebrata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous yellowish, in males irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous and blackish, in females almost concealed with dense purple-blackish irroration. The discal stigmata are represented by cloudy round purple-blackish spots, their lower extremities connected in females by a streak of pale ground colour. The hindwings are pale ochreous yellowish in males, while they are rather dark fuscous in females. Males have a downwards-directed fringe of dense ochreous-yellow hair-scales along the lower margin of the cell, longest in the middle.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera crebrata Meyrick, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (2): 447. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.