Lecithocera dissonella

Lecithocera dissonella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo.[1]

Lecithocera dissonella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. dissonella
Binomial name
Lecithocera dissonella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Patouissa dissonella Walker, 1864

Adults are pale cinereous-straw colour, the forewings ferruginous speckled, with two black points in the disc, one before the middle, the other beyond the middle, continued to the interior border by means of a brown streak. There is a row of black points along the apical part of the costa and along the exterior border. The hindwings are dark cinereous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera dissonella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 821   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.