Epermenia leucomantis
Species of moth
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Epermenia leucomantis is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917.[1] It is found in Assam, India.
| 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 | |
The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are grey whitish irrorated (sprinkled) 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]
