Lecithocera terrena
| Lecithocera terrena | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Lecithocera |
| Species: | L. terrena |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera terrena (Turner, 1919) | |
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Lecithocera terrena is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1919. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are ochreous-grey-whitish, with the first discal dot at one-third, dark fuscous and distinct. The plical is obsolete and the second, nearly obsolete, discal is found before two-third. There is some fuscous irroration between it and the tornus and some fuscous irroration on the termen. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[2]
References
- ^ "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 153
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