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Lecithocera loxophthalma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lecithocera

Lecithocera loxophthalma is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1934. It is found in Sudan.

The wingspan is 12-14 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, suffusedly sprinkled dark fuscous and with the extreme costal edge whitish from the base to beyond the middle. The discal stigmata are blackish, the second forming the upper end of a short oblique cloudy dark fuscous mark. The hindwings are light grey.

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Lecithocera loxophthalma Wikipedia