Lethata herbacea

Description

Lethata herbacea is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Brazil (São Paulo). The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are pale moss green, with a few scattered blackish specks and the costal edge yellow ochreous. The dorsal edge is brown except near the base. An oblique brown line is found from the dorsum at one-fourth reaching half across the wing and there is a dark green ring in the disc at three-fourths, the enclosed area pale pinkish on the lower two-thirds, a dull greenish central dot, a faint brownish rather oblique line from the lower extremity to near the dorsum. There is a rather unevenly curved fine line from the costa at three-fourths to the dorsum before the tornus, the upper half darker green, the lower brown. There is also a darker green terminal line. The hindwings are pale greyish, towards the apex suffused pale greenish ochreous.