Leucoma cryptadia

Leucoma cryptadia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Leucoma
Species:
L. cryptadia
Binomial name
Leucoma cryptadia
Collenette, 1938

Leucoma cryptadia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Cyril Leslie Collenette in 1938.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Body white with bright yellow-orange labial palps and forelegs. Palps protrude beyond the frons. Antennae are darker than the orange areas.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Species Details: Leucoma cryptadia Collenette, 1938". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ^ Savela, Markku. "Leucoma cryptadia Collenette, 1938". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Leucoma bicolorata sp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 March 2018.


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