Leucinodes ethiopica

Leucinodes ethiopica is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. The species was described by Richard Mally, Anastasia Korycinska, David J. L. Agassiz, Jayne Hall, Jennifer Hodgetts and Matthias Nuss in 2015.

Leucinodes ethiopica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Leucinodes[1]
Species:
L. ethiopica
Binomial name
Leucinodes ethiopica
Mally et al., 2015

The length of the forewings is 6–8 mm for both males and females. The forewings are mixed ochreous and white. There is an oblique dark ochreous fascia from above the dorsum reaching halfway across the wing, as well as a blackish crescent before the ochreous subterminal line and there are black dots along the termen. The hindwings are white with a small black discal spot, a faint irregular dark subterminal line and ochreous suffusion in the outer part of the wing in the middle and towards the apex.

Etymology

The species name refers to Ethiopia, where the holotype originates.[2]

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References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2012). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  2. Mally, Richard; Korycinska, Anastasia; Agassiz, David J. L.; Hall, Jayne; Hodgetts, Jennifer; Nuss, Matthias (2015). "Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)". ZooKeys. 472: 117–162. doi:10.3897/zookeys.472.8781. PMC 4304033. PMID 25632252.


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