Leucoides

Last updated

Leucoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Leucoides

Hampson, 1893 [1]
Species:
L. fuscicostalis
Binomial name
Leucoides fuscicostalis
Hampson, 1893

Leucoides is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Leucoides fuscicostalis, which is found in Sri Lanka.

Description

The palpi are porrect (extended forward), slightly scaled and extending about twice the length of the head. Maxillary palpi long and somewhat dilated at extremity. Frons produced and acute. Antennae of male minutely serrate and ciliated. Legs long and slender, the outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Abdomen long. Wings long and narrow. Forewings with produced and acute apex. The outer margin oblique. Vein 3 from angle of cell and veins 4 and 5 stalked. Vein 6 from upper angle and veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Vein 10 free and vein 11 becoming coincident with vein 12. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 and veins 6 and 7 are stalked. Male pure white. Palpi, sides of frons, and forelegs rufous. Forewings with the costal area fuscous brown. Traces of antemedial and postmedial series of rufous specks found on the veins. [2]

Related Research Articles

Padenia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae described by Moore in 1882.

<i>Arrade</i>

Arrade is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Francis Walker in 1863.

Charltona is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1886.

<i>Chilo</i> (moth)

Chilo is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Some of these moths are called borers.

<i>Culladia</i>

Culladia is a grass moth genus of subfamily Crambinae, tribe Crambini. Some authors have assigned the synonymous taxon Nirmaladia to the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.

Eschata is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

Mesolia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889.

Ramila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

Surattha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was synonymized with Prionapteryx by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1967. Its status was later revised by Graziano Bassi and Wolfram Mey in 2011.

<i>Aporandria</i> Monotypic genus of geometer moths

Aporandria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1894. Its single species, Aporandria specularia, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, Thailand, the Andamans, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi.

<i>Corymica</i>

Corymica is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1860.

<i>Hyperythra</i>

Hyperythra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.

<i>Hyposidra</i>

Hyposidra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.

Orsonoba is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. Species are found throughout India, Sri Lanka, Borneo and Australia.

<i>Timandra</i> (moth)

Timandra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1829.

<i>Pygospila tyres</i> Species of moth

Pygospila tyres is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in the rainforests of south-east Asia, including Hong Kong, India, Thailand and Queensland in Australia.

<i>Calluga costalis</i> Species of moth

Calluga costalis is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1887. It is found in Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Borneo, Bali, Sulawesi, Seram, New Guinea and Queensland.

Gymnoscelis admixtaria is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Sri Lanka, India and Japan.

Eriopithex recensitaria is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Sri Lanka, Taiwan, on Borneo and in the Australian state of Queensland.

Gymnoscelis imparatalis, the flower-looper moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, east to the Society Islands and the Marquesas Archipelago. The habitat consists of both lowland and montane ecosystems.

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  2. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.