Epermenia leucomantis

Epermenia leucomantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species: E. leucomantis
Binomial name
Epermenia leucomantis
Meyrick, 1917

Epermenia leucomantis is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1917.[1] It is found in India (Assam).

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are grey-whitish irrorated with blackish and suffused with elongate white spots on the costa at one-fourth and the middle, and smaller spots on the dorsum at one-fourth and beyond the middle. The costa is suffused with blackish towards the base, and a spot of blackish suffusion between the white spots. The apical two-fifths of the wing is grey irrorated with black, with some scattered whitish scales. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a white spot on the costa at two-thirds.[2]

References

  1. "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  2. Exotic Microlep. 2: 67


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