Carodista lycopis

Carodista lycopis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Carodista
Species:
C. lycopis
Binomial name
Carodista lycopis
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia lycopis Meyrick, 1911
  • Lecithocera lycopis (Meyrick, 1911)

Carodista lycopis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, slightly purplish tinged. The stigmata are brownish or pale brownish-ochreous edged with some blackish scales, the plical slightly beyond the first discal, both these small, the second discal rather large. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera lycopis (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 717. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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