Lymantica leucophaes is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in eastern Madagascar.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Lymantica |
| Species: | L. leucophaes
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| Binomial name | |
| Lymantica leucophaes Collenette, 1936[1]
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The forewings of this species are white, with 6 prominent russet patches along the costa and traces of 3 fasciae of russet. Hindwings are russet with whitish towards the base.
The expanse of the males is 38 mm.[2]
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