Leucoma lechrisemata

Leucoma lechrisemata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Leucoma
Species:
L. lechrisemata
Binomial name
Leucoma lechrisemata
Collenette, 1959[1]

Leucoma lechrisemata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in north-western Madagascar.

The forewings of this species are white with an iridescent surface, the underside, hindwings and fringes are white with a dull surface. Head and body are white, the pulpus is orange.

Wingspan: male: 38 mm - female: 40–45 mm. This species has been found in altitudes between 120 and 1040 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ afromoths
  2. ^ Collenette C.-L., 1959, Further new species of Lymantriidae from Madagascar, page 104/105, plate I, fig. 5


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