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Lecithocera leucotella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lecithocera

Lecithocera leucotella is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo.

Adults are dark cupreous, the forewings with three irregular dark metallic-blue bands and with a silvery white point near the tip of the costa. The fringe is silvery white, except towards the interior border. The hindwings have a broad abbreviated irregular semi-hyaline white stripe.

References

Lecithocera leucotella Wikipedia