Lecithocera deleastra is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Lecithocera deleastra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. deleastra
Binomial name
Lecithocera deleastra
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia deleastra Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are moderately dark purple fuscous. The stigmata are obscurely darker, the plical hardly beyond the first discal, the second discal forming a transverse mark. There is a somewhat oblique ochreous-whitish mark on the costa at three-fourths, where a faintly indicated very obtusely angulated pale line runs to the dorsum before the tornus. There is a dark terminal line. The hindwings are fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera deleastra (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 711.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.