''Lethata psidii'' is a

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of the family

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. It is found in the

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and

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. The

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is 24–26 mm. The forewings are light brown, with a few scattered black scales and with the costal edge dull pinkish. There are three cloudy fuscous transverse lines, the first at one-fourth, obtusely angulated on the fold, dilated on the dorsum, the second in the middle, forming a small spot on the costa, strongly curved outwards in the disc, the third from a larger cloudy spot on the costa at three-fourths to the dorsum before the tornus, moderately curved. The second discal stigma forms a conspicuous small round blackish spot and there is a marginal series of dark fuscous dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey.Description of ''Stenoma invigilans'' in ''Exotic Microlepidoptera'' 1 (15): 476

References

Moths described in 1852 Lethata {{Stenomatinae-stub