''Eucarphia leucomera'' is a species of

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralid ...

in the genus ''

Eucarphia ''Eucarphia'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Species * ''Eucarphia anomala ''Eucarphia anomala'' is a species of snout moth in the genus '' Eucarphia''. It was described by Boris Balinsky in 1994 and i ...

''. It was described by

George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...

in 1926. It is found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

References

Endemic moths of South Africa Moths described in 1926 Phycitini {{Phycitini-stub