Lecithocera improvisa is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1968. It is found in the Philippines (Mindanao).[1]
| Lecithocera improvisa | |
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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. improvisa
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| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera improvisa Diakonoff, [1968]
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The wingspan is about 13.5 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, irregularly clouded and dusted with darker fuscous. The stigmata are small and black, the first discal ill-defined, the second discal at three-fifths is rounded and the plical is slightly larger, suboval and found beyond one-fourth, the terminal edge with a series of rather suffused, not distinctly separate subtriangular small dots. The hindwings are glossy pale fuscous, finely dusted with darker fuscous.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ Bulletin of the United States National Museum 257: 146
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