Lecithocera terrena is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1919. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Lecithocera terrena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. terrena
Binomial name
Lecithocera terrena
(Turner, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Sarisophora terrena Turner, 1919

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are ochreous-grey-whitish, with the first discal dot at one-third, dark fuscous and distinct. The plical is obsolete and the second, nearly obsolete, discal is found before two-third. There is some fuscous irroration between it and the tornus and some fuscous irroration on the termen. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Lecithocera". funet.fi. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ^ Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 153   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.