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Leucinodes ethiopica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Leucinodes

Leucinodes ethiopica

Leucinodes ethiopica is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia.

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.

References

Leucinodes ethiopica Wikipedia