Biology:Lecithocera dissonella

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Short description: Species of moth in genus Lecithocera

Lecithocera dissonella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. dissonella
Binomial name
Lecithocera dissonella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Patouissa dissonella Walker, 1864

Lecithocera dissonella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo.[1]

Adults are pale cinereous-straw colour, the forewings ferruginous speckled, with two black points in the disc, one before the middle, the other beyond the middle, continued to the interior border by means of a brown streak. There is a row of black points along the apical part of the costa and along the exterior border. The hindwings are dark cinereous.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13387939 entry