Leucoperina kahli

Leucoperina kahli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lymantriidae
Genus: Leucoperina
Species: L. kahli
Binomial name
Leucoperina kahli
Holland, 1920
Synonyms
  • Creaga batesi Bethune-Baker, 1927

Leucoperina kahli is a moth in the Lymantriidae family. It was described by Holland in 1920.[1] It is found in Cameroon.[2]

The wingspan is about 44 mm. Both wings are hyaline, the forewings grey or greyish-white, with a dark spot in the angle of vein two. The hindwings are white and immaculate.[3]

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334
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