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]
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Genus: | Leucotelia Hampson, 1926
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Species: | L. ochreoplagata
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Leucotelia ochreoplagata (Kenrick, 1917)
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This species has a wingspan of 33 mm.[5]
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Leucotelia ochreoplagata (Kenrick, 1917)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (March 10, 2020). "Leucotelia Hampson, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Leucotelia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Leucotelia Hampson, 1926". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Kenrick, Geo. H. (1917). "New or little-known Heterocera from Madagascar". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1917: 91–92 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Hampson, G. F. (1926). Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the Subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History).