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

Last updated July 28, 2025

Epermenia leucomantis is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917.^[1] It is found in Assam, India.

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are grey whitish irrorated (sprinkled) 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

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia leucomantis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 23, 2018.
↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 67. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia leucomantis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 23, 2018.

[2] Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 67. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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