Lecithocera imprudens Meyrick, 1914 LECITHOCERIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species are pale brown with two dark spots near the middle of each forewing. The moths have a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The species is found in

New South Wales.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 1, Part 7 (1914), p. 201.

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(written 19 August 2012, updated 25 August 2023)