Leucoma ochripes
Species of moth
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Leucoma ochripes is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found in Darjeeling in India, the north-east Himalayas, Yunnan in China, and Borneo.
| Leucoma ochripes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Leucoma |
| Species: | L. ochripes |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucoma ochripes (Moore, 1879) | |
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Biology
The larvae are polyphagous on dicotyledonous trees, known host plants are Sapium sp. (Euphorbiaceae), Litsea glutinosa and Phoebe sp. (Lauraceae).[2]
