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Lecithocera epomia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lecithocera

Lecithocera epomia is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are bronzy-ochreous, suffused with pale brownish except towards the anterior two-thirds of the costa. There is a spot of dark purple-fuscous suffusion on the base of the costa. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the discal small and indistinct, the plical and an additional dot beneath the second discal large, the plical directly beneath the first discal. The hindwings are grey, lighter towards the base.

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Lecithocera epomia Wikipedia