Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lecithoceridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Lecithocera | |
Lecithocera cordata is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in southern India.
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are purplish-fuscous, irrorated with blackish, more strongly and suffusedly towards the base, along the costa, and on the terminal area. There is a streak of ochreous-whitish suffusion along the dorsum from one-third to three-fourths. The stigmata are represented by cloudy blackish spots, the first discal roundish, the plical beneath this, larger and irregular, both these irregularly edged posteriorly with white, the second discal transverse-oval, edged posteriorly and slightly anteriorly with white. There is a strong whitish-ochreous subterminal line, indented on the upper half. The hindwings are fuscous-whitish, gradually more infuscated posteriorly.