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Lethata dispersa

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Lethata dispersa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Lethata
Species:
L. dispersa
Binomial name
Lethata dispersa
Duckworth, 1967

Lethata dispersa is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil (Matto Grosso).[1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are yellow with the costa rosy and the dorsum narrowly edged brown and with a faint spot in the fold brown. There is a spot at the end of the cell consisting of a ring of brown enclosing a whitish spot. There is an oblique brown line extending from the costa at near the midpoint through a spot at the end of the cell to the tornus. The terminal line is brown. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Lethata Duckworth, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 122 (3585): 13 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.