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Lecithocera dracopis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lecithocera

Lecithocera dracopis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Indonesia (Java).

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, speckled with fuscous and with a blackish mark on the base of the costa. The stigmata are rather large and black, the first discal smaller, the plical slightly before the first discal. There are some undefined groups of blackish irroration along the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale grey.

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Lecithocera dracopis Wikipedia