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Lymantica leucophaes

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Lymantica leucophaes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lymantica
Species: L. leucophaes
Binomial name
Lymantica leucophaes
Collenette, 1936
Synonyms
  • Lymantria leucophaes Colette, 1936

Lymantica leucophaes is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in eastern Madagascar.

The forewings of this species are white, with 6 prominent russet patches along the costa and traces of 3 fasciae of russet. Hindwings are russet with whitish towards the base.

The expanse of the males is 38 mm.

References

  1. afromoths
  2. Collenette, 1936, New Lymantriidae from Madagascar, Novitates Zoologicae XL., 1936, pages 168, Plate 12, fig.34
Taxon identifiers
Lymantica leucophaes


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