Leucoperina kahli

Leucoperina kahli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Lymantriinae
Genus:	Leucoperina
Species:	L. kahli
Binomial name
	Leucoperina kahli; Holland, 1920
Synonyms
	Creaga batesi Bethune-Baker, 1927;

Leucoperina kahli is a moth in the subfamily Lymantriinae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1920.[1] It is found in Cameroon.[2]

The wingspan is about 44 mm. Both wings are hyaline (glass like), the forewings grey or greyish white, with a dark spot in the angle of vein two. The hindwings are white and immaculate.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Leucoperina kahli". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Leucoperina kahli Holland, 1920". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
Bethune-Baker, G. T. (1927). "Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (9)20: 321–334.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Leucoperina kahli". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Leucoperina kahli Holland, 1920". Afromoths. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

[3] Bethune-Baker, G. T. (1927). "Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (9)20: 321–334.