| Lecithocera haemylopis | |
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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. haemylopis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecithocera haemylopis (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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Lecithocera haemylopis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.
The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, slightly purplish tinged. The stigmata are black, the plical slightly beyond the first discal, both these edged posteriorly with a few white scales, the second discal mixed with white scales. There is an obscure pale whitish-ochreous dot on the costa at four-fifths, with traces of a very faint sinuate transverse line from it. The hindwings are grey.
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera haemylopis (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 716.
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