''Lecithocera antiphractis'' 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
Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in
Assam, India.
The
wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous, irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and with a streak of dark fuscous suffusion along the costa from the base to five-sixths. The dorsal edge is suffused with dark fuscous towards the base and the discal stigmata are dark fuscous. There is a narrow suffused dark fuscous terminal fascia, leaving the terminal edge pale ochreous. The hindwings are grey.
[Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923)]
''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 2 (14): 435.
References
Moths described in 1921
antiphractis
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