Lecithocera palpella

Lecithocera palpella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by John David Bradley in 1961. It is found on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.[1]

Lecithocera palpella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Lecithocera
Species:
L. palpella
Binomial name
Lecithocera palpella
Bradley, 1961

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are chamois, sparsely sprinkled with aniline-black scales, most heavily in the terminal area. There is a weak, small, aniline-black discal stigma in the middle of the cell, and a weak transverse concentration of aniline-black scales at the end of the cell indicating a second stigma. The base of the costa is broadly and strongly marked with aniline black, a concentration of aniline-black scales from the middle of the costa to about four-fifths forming a weak, elongate marking. There is also a pre-apical patch of pure ground colour free from dark coloured scales. The hindwings are chamois at the apex, otherwise greyish cream buff.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 10 (4): 136


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