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Lichenaula lithina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Xyloryctidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lichenaula

Lichenaula lithina is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are white, thinly and irregularly irrorated with black and with a pale fuscous suffusion, forming a very indistinct blotch on the anterior half of the inner margin. There is a spot on the inner margin before the anal angle, a spot on the costa beyond the middle and another at four-fifths, all very faint and obscure. The hindwings are whitish, with a bluish tinge, the veins and hind margin obscurely grey.

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Lichenaula lithina Wikipedia