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Lecithocera luteola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lecithocera

Lecithocera luteola is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Diakonoff in 1968. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are light yellowish ochreous, the costa narrowly suffused with brighter ochreous and also narrowly infuscated except before the apex. The base of the wing is indistinctly infuscated and there are traces of fuscous sprinkling over the wing. The veins on the upper half of the wing halfway between the cell and margin are slightly streaked with brownish. The first discal stigma is minute, well beyond one-third and above the middle, the second discal somewhat irregular, transverse, larger and slightly lower than the first, continued by a short outwards-oblique small mark. The apex and termen have a narrow marginal line. The hindwings are glossy, whitish golden, fuscous and paler than the forewings.

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Lecithocera luteola Wikipedia