Lymantica leucophaes
Lymantica leucophaes is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in eastern Madagascar.
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Scientific 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[1] | |
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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.[2]
References
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- Collenette, 1936, New Lymantriidae from Madagascar, Novitates Zoologicae XL., 1936, pages 168, Plate 12, fig.34
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