Lecithocera querula is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Java in Indonesia.[1]

Lecithocera querula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. querula
Binomial name
Lecithocera querula
Meyrick, 1910

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are pale yellow ochreous tinged with brownish, the basal and terminal areas and dorsal half irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous and dark fuscous. The discal stigmata are moderate and dark fuscous. There is a slender somewhat oblique streak of darker irroration from the second to the dorsum. The hindwings are grey with a loose dorsal pencil of pale ochreous-yellowish hairs from the base.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera querula Meyrick, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1910: 449.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.