Leucanopsis rhomboidea

Leucanopsis rhomboidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Leucanopsis
Species: L. rhomboidea
Binomial name
Leucanopsis rhomboidea
(Sepp, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx rhomboidea Sepp, 1848
  • Halisidota citrina Walker, [1865]

Leucanopsis rhomboidea is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Sepp in 1848. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Surinam and Brazil.[1]

The larvae feed on Paspalum indicum.

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