Leucoperina kahli is a moth in the subfamily Lymantriinae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1920.[1] It is found in Cameroon.[2]
Leucoperina kahli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Leucoperina |
Species: | L. kahli
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Binomial name | |
Leucoperina kahli Holland, 1920
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Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is about 44 mm. Both wings are hyaline (glass like), the forewings grey or greyish white, with a dark spot in the angle of vein two. The hindwings are white and immaculate.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Leucoperina kahli". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Leucoperina kahli Holland, 1920". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ Bethune-Baker, G. T. (1927). "Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (9)20: 321–334. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.