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Leucoperina kahli

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Species of moth

Leucoperina kahli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Leucoperina
Species: L. kahli
Binomial name
Leucoperina kahli
Holland, 1920
Synonyms
  • Creaga batesi Bethune-Baker, 1927

Leucoperina kahli is a moth in the subfamily Lymantriinae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1920. It is found in Cameroon.

The wingspan is about 44 mm. Both wings are hyaline (glass like), the forewings grey or greyish white, with a dark spot in the angle of vein two. The hindwings are white and immaculate.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Leucoperina kahli​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Leucoperina kahli Holland, 1920". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  3. Bethune-Baker, G. T. (1927). "Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (9)20: 321–334. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Leucoperina kahli


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