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Leucoptera selenocycla

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lyonetiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Leucoptera

Leucoptera selenocycla is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found in India.

The wingspan is about 4 mm. The forewings are shining white with a fine grey oblique strigula from the middle of the costa, running into a light yellow round blotch in the disc beyond the middle. There is an extremely short grey costal strigula at two-thirds and a black apical dot, preceded by a round light yellow spot. The hindwings are white.

References

Leucoptera selenocycla Wikipedia