Carodista lycopis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Carodista |
| Species: | C. lycopis
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| Binomial name | |
| Carodista lycopis (Meyrick, 1911)
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The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, slightly purplish tinged. The stigmata are brownish or pale brownish-ochreous edged with some blackish scales, the plical slightly beyond the first discal, both these small, the second discal rather large. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera lycopis (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 717.
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