''Lecithocera ambona'' is a
moth in the family
Lecithoceridae
The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of th ...
. It was described by Chun-Sheng Wu and You-Qiao Liu in 1993. It is found in
Sichuan, China.
The
wingspan is about 15 mm. The species resembles ''
Lecithocera mazina
''Lecithocera mazina'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in the Punjab region of what was British India.
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are light greyish ochreous clo ...
'', but the forewings of this species have no pattern.
[Wu, C. S. & Liu, Y. Q. (1993)]
"A study of the Chinese ''Lecithocera'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae)"
''Sinozoologia'' 10: 319-345.
References
Moths described in 1993
ambona
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