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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Leucoblepsis |
| Species: | L. fenestraria
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| Leucoblepsis fenestraria (Moore, [1868])
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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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Leucoblepsis fenestraria (Moore, [1868])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867: 618
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