Lecithocera pyxinodes

Lecithocera pyxinodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Lecithoceridae
Genus:Lecithocera
Species: L. pyxinodes
Binomial name
Lecithocera pyxinodes
Meyrick, 1918

Lecithocera pyxinodes is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Madagascar.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous sprinkled fuscous. The stigmata are moderate, cloudy and rather dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal, the second lying in an undefined fascia of fuscous suffusion crossing the wing. The hindwings are pale brassy-ochreous.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Exotic Microlep. 2 (4): 110


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