Faeculoides leucopis

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Faeculoides leucopis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Faeculoides
Species:
F. leucopis
Binomial name
Faeculoides leucopis
(Hampson, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Tolpia leucopis Hampson, 1907
  • Faecula leucopis (Hampson, 1907)

Faeculoides leucopis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1907. It is known from the mountains of southern India and Sri Lanka.

Adults have been found from May to June and from October to December.

The wingspan is 10–14 mm. The forewing is very broad and the reniform stigma is prominent, round and yellowish. It is brownish and the costal patch is well marked by antemedial and postmedial lines. The crosslines are well marked and the terminal line is marked by tight black interveinal spots. There is an indistinct discal spot on the hindwing.

References[edit]

  • Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.