Lecithocera improvisa

Lecithocera improvisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Lecithoceridae
Genus:Lecithocera
Species: L. improvisa
Binomial name
Lecithocera improvisa
Diakonoff, [1968]

Lecithocera improvisa is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1968. It is found in the Philippines (Mindanao).[1]

The wingspan is about 13.5 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, irregularly clouded and dusted with darker fuscous. The stigmata are small and black, the first discal ill-defined, the second discal at three-fifths is rounded and the plical is slightly larger, suboval and found beyond one-fourth, the terminal edge with a series of rather suffused, not distinctly separate subtriangular small dots. The hindwings are glossy pale fuscous, finely dusted with darker fuscous.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 257: 146


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