Carodista lycopis
Species of moth
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Carodista lycopis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
| Carodista lycopis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Carodista |
| Species: | C. lycopis |
| Binomial name | |
| Carodista lycopis (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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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]
