Carodista nubigena

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

Carodista nubigena 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 17 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous. The stigmata are cloudy and blackish, the plical slightly beyond the first discal. There is a small pale ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths, and a minute dot on the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are light fuscous.[2]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku (June 9, 2020). "Lecithocera nubigena (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 720. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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