Leucaniini
Tribe of moths
Leucaniini | |
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Leucaniini caterpillar (possibly Leucania pseudargyria) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subfamily: | Noctuinae |
Tribe: | Leucaniini |
Leucaniini is a tribe of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. There are at least 40 described species in Leucaniini.[1][2][3]
Genera
- Leucania Ochsenheimer, 1816
- Mythimna Ochsenheimer, 1816
- Senta Stephens, 1834
References
- Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys, vol. 40, 1-239.
Further reading
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
External links
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
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