Lecithocera imprudens

Lecithocera imprudens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Lecithoceridae
Genus:Lecithocera
Species: L. imprudens
Binomial name
Lecithocera imprudens
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia imprudens Meyrick, 1914

Lecithocera imprudens is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales[1] and Queensland.[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are fuscous mixed with dark fuscous. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical rather beyond the first discal, the second discal double. There are very indistinct cloudy darker dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References

  1. "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
  3. Exot. Microlep. 1 (7): 201


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