Leucania

Leucania is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.

Species

KINGDOM

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae

Observations recorded3,012,139,120

Leucania es un género de polillas de la familia Noctuidae. [1] [2] Especies Leucania abdominalis (Walker, 1856) Leucania acrapex (Hampson, 1905) Leucania adjuta (Grote, 1874) Leucania aedesiusi (Rougeot & Laporte, 1983) Leucania agnata (Draudt, 1950) Leucania albifasciata (Hampson, 1905) Leucania albimacula (Gaede, 1916) Leucania albistigma Moore, 1881 Leucania albistriga Maassen, 1890 Leucania alboradiata (Hampson, 1905) Leucania alopa Meyrick, 1887 Leucania amens Guenée, 1852 Leucania anteroclara Smith, 1902 Leucania apparata Wallengren, 1875 Leucania arcupunctata Maassen, 1890 Leucania argyrina (Laporte, 1984) Leucania atrifera (Hampson, 1905) Leucania atrimacula Hampson, 1902 Leucania atrinota (Hampson, 1905) Leucania atrisignata (Hampson, 1918) Leucania atritorna (Hampson, 1911) Leucania badia Maassen, 1890 Leucania basilinea Swinhoe, 1890 Leucania baziyae Möschler, 1883 Leucania biforis (Draudt, 1924) Leucania bilinea Maassen, 1890 Leucania bilineata (Hampson, 1905) Leucania bisetulata (Berio, 1940) Leucania brantsii Snellen, 1872 Leucania calidior (Forbes, 1936) Leucania canariensis Rebel, 1894 Leucania carminata (Hampson, 1918) Leucania carnea (Draudt, 1924) Leucania

via GBIF

Wikidata facts

Image: Aletia comma01.jpg

Show 3 more facts

Commons category: Leucania
taxon name: Leucania
taxon common name: whitemoths

Sources (1)

wikidata.org

via Wikidata · CC0

~9 min read

Article

3 sections

Contents

Description
Species
References

Leucania is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.

==Description== Palpi obliquely upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled, and prominent, short, naked and depressed third joint. The proboscis is well developed. Its eyes are hairy. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Head not deeply retracted into the thorax, which is smoothly scaled. Abdomen with scarcely a trace of dorsal tufts on basal segments. Tibia and tarsi with short hairs. Forewings with vein 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) to form the areole. Vein 7 being given off from the end of it. Vein 10 before the end.