Leucoma cryptadia
| Leucoma cryptadia | |
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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: | Leucoma |
| Species: | L. cryptadia
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucoma cryptadia Collenette, 1938
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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
[edit]- ^ "Species Details: Leucoma cryptadia Collenette, 1938". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Leucoma cryptadia Collenette, 1938". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Leucoma bicolorata sp. n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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