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Lecithocera caustospila

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lecithocera

Lecithocera caustospila is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in India (Assam).

The wingspan is 14-15 mm. The forewings are ochreous-yellowish sprinkled dark fuscous, with a suffused dark fuscous costal streak from the base to four-fifths, the posterior extremity rather expanded with dark irroration beneath. The discal stigmata are moderate and blackish and there is an undefined blotch of fuscous suffusion on the dorsum beyond the middle, as well as a suffused fuscous patch extending along the termen. The hindwings are light grey.

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Lecithocera caustospila Wikipedia