Leucophotis

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Leucophotis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Pyraustinae
Genus: Leucophotis
Butler, 1886 [1]
Species:
L. pulchra
Binomial name
Leucophotis pulchra
Butler, 1886

Leucophotis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Leucophotis pulchra, which is found on Fiji. [2]

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Leucophotis pulchra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 8, 2018.