Lecithocera fausta is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines.[1]
| Lecithocera fausta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Lecithocera |
| Species: | L. fausta
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| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera fausta Meyrick, 1910
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The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous yellowish, slightly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous specks. The discal stigmata are small and dark fuscous with a slight rather oblique shade of dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles) between the second and the dorsum. The apical margin is fuscous. The hindwings are whitish yellowish.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera fausta Meyrick, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1910: 449.
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