Leucoblepsis fenestraria

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Leucoblepsis fenestraria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Leucoblepsis
Species:
L. fenestraria
Binomial name
Leucoblepsis fenestraria
(Moore, [1868])
Synonyms
  • Drepanodes fenestrariaMoore, [1868]
  • Leucoblepsis ostiaC. Swinhoe, 1903

Leucoblepsis fenestraria is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1868. [1] It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, Taiwan and on Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. [2]

Adults are whitish cinereous (ash grey), with two widely separated wavy brown lines from the abdominal margin to the costa before the apex. Between these on the forewings, is a diaphanous spot crossed by two veins. There is a submarginal and marginal row of white lunules, the former concave exteriorly and the latter interiorly and bordered by a brown marginal line. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Leucoblepsis fenestraria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 26, 2018. Note: This source has 1867 as the year of description.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Leucoblepsis fenestraria (Moore, [1868])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867: 618 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .