Leucoblepsis neoma
Leucoblepsis neoma is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Swinhoe in 1905.[1] It is found in Singapore and on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Leucoblepsis |
| Species: | L. neoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucoblepsis neoma (Swinhoe, 1905) | |
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Adults are white, suffused with pale chestnut-brown irrorations (sprinkles) in parts. There are two nearly straight brown lines from the abdominal margin of the hindwings. The first from one-third, the other from the middle, running parallel across both wings and suddenly converge on the middle of vein 5 of the forewings, and run from there in a single line to the costa near the apex. Between these lines on the forewings is a large hyaline (glass-like) spot and the rest of the wing is lightly suffused. There is a fairly broad pale pinkish band on the outer margin, composed of large pale pinkish spots joined together. The marginal line is brown. The hindwings have a nearly white inner area, the outer area from the outer line to the margin with dark suffusion and a dentated white line through the middle of the disc. The marginal line is white.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Leucoblepsis neoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- Savela, Markku. "Leucoblepsis neoma (Swinhoe, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (7) 15 (86): 150