LECITHOCERIDAE ⁵

Lecithocera micromela (Lower, 1897). F.L. 6 mm. Adventive. Common.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour. ⁶

Native forest; wetlands. Adults can be found from November to April. They fly at night and come to light.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Mike Bowie, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Mike Bowie
2. (c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Lisa Bennett
3. (c) Tony Steer, all rights reserved, uploaded by Tony Steer
4. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_20_MA_I437919_TePapa_Plate-LVIII-A-supplement_full_(cropped).jpg
5. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecithocera_micromela
6. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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