Leilaptera

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

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{{Taxobox

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Lepidoptera

| familia = Autostichidae

| genus = Leilaptera

| genus_authority = Gozmány, 1963

| species = L. lithochroma

| binomial = Leilaptera lithochroma

| binomial_authority = (Walsingham, 1904)

| synonyms =

• Eremica lithochroma Walsingham, 1904

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Leilaptera is a moth genus in the family Autostichidae. It contains the species Leilaptera lithochroma, which is found in Algeria.[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/autostichidae/symmocinae/leilaptera/ funet.fi]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are uniform pale stone-ochreous, a few scattered brown scales towards the apex and a minute spot of darker brown at the lower angle of the cell. The hindwings are pale grey.[https://archive.org/stream/entomologistsmon401904oxfo#page/271/mode/1up Ent. mon. Mag. 40 : 271] {{PD-notice}}