Leucoblepsis fenestraria

Leucoblepsis fenestraria is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1868.[1] It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, Taiwan and on Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.[2]

Leucoblepsis fenestraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Leucoblepsis
Species:
L. fenestraria
Binomial name
Leucoblepsis fenestraria
(Moore, [1868])
Synonyms
  • Drepanodes fenestraria Moore, [1868]
  • Leucoblepsis ostia C. Swinhoe, 1903

Adults are whitish cinereous (ash grey), with two widely separated wavy brown lines from the abdominal margin to the costa before the apex. Between these on the forewings, is a diaphanous spot crossed by two veins. There is a submarginal and marginal row of white lunules, the former concave exteriorly and the latter interiorly and bordered by a brown marginal line.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Leucoblepsis fenestraria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018. Note: This source has 1867 as the year of description.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Leucoblepsis fenestraria (Moore, [1868])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867: 618


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