Biology:Lecithocera fausta

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Short description: Species of moth in the genus Lecithocera

Lecithocera fausta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. fausta
Binomial name
Lecithocera fausta
Meyrick, 1910

Lecithocera fausta is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines .[1]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous yellowish, slightly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous specks. The discal stigmata are small and dark fuscous with a slight rather oblique shade of dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles) between the second and the dorsum. The apical margin is fuscous. The hindwings are whitish yellowish.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13387968 entry