Epermenia leucomantis
| Epermenia leucomantis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Epermenia |
| Species: | E. leucomantis |
| Binomial name | |
| Epermenia leucomantis Meyrick, 1917 | |
Epermenia leucomantis is a moth in the Epermeniidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1917.[1] It is found in India (Assam).
The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are grey-whitish irrorated with blackish and suffused with elongate white spots on the costa at one-fourth and the middle, and smaller spots on the dorsum at one-fourth and beyond the middle. The costa is suffused with blackish towards the base, and a spot of blackish suffusion between the white spots. The apical two-fifths of the wing is grey irrorated with black, with some scattered whitish scales. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a white spot on the costa at two-thirds.[2]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ↑ Exotic Microlep. 2: 67
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