''Limnaecia chrysidota'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Cosmopterigidae. It is found in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
The
wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
is about . The forewings are ochreous-yellow, the base narrowly pale greyish. The hindwings are light grey.
''Exotic Microlepidoptera'', v. 1-5, Mar. 1912-Nov. 1937
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Limnaecia
Moths described in 1917
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
Moths of Asia
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