Lecithocera capnaula

Lecithocera capnaula is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Lecithocera capnaula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. capnaula
Binomial name
Lecithocera capnaula
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia capnaula Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are brownish, variable in depth, the veins usually more or less marked with irregular streaks of coarse dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles). The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal larger, transverse oval, but these are sometimes merged in more or less developed thick cloudy dark fuscous longitudinal streaks through the middle of the disc and along the fold. There is a pale cloudy subterminal line formed by an interruption of dark streaks on the veins, somewhat indented above the middle, the terminal area beyond this often suffused with dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera capnaula (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 719.


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