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Lecithocera phratriastis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lecithocera

Lecithocera phratriastis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, some faint light brownish speckling. The stigmata are blackish, the first discal small, the second larger and transverse, the plical reduced to two or three specks beneath the first discal, a small cloudy dark fuscous subdorsal spot is found beneath the second discal and there are some minute dark fuscous terminal specks. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous.

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Lecithocera phratriastis Wikipedia