Leucotelia
Genus of moths
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Leucotelia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Leucotelia ochreoplagata, was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917. It is found on Madagascar.[1][2][3][4]
| Leucotelia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Calpinae |
| Genus: | Leucotelia Hampson, 1926 |
| Species: | L. ochreoplagata |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucotelia ochreoplagata (Kenrick, 1917) | |
| Synonyms | |
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This species has a wingspan of 33 mm.[5]