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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Leucaniini » Leucania

Genus Leucania

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Phragmites Wainscot - Leucania phragmitidicola

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Leucaniini

Genus Leucania

Other Common Names

Wainscot moths (in part)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Leucania Ochsenheimer, 1816

Donachlora Sodoffsky, 1837

Donacochlora Agassiz, [1847]

Pudorina Gistl, 1848

Cirphis Walker, [1865]

Eurypsyche Butler, 1886

Neoborolia Matsumura, 1926

Acantholeucania Rungs, 1953

Boursinania Rungs, 1955

Xipholeucania Sugi, 1970

Broszkusia Beck, 1999

Explanation of Names

Generic epithet Leucania is Greek meaning "white" or "the throat." (1), (2)

Numbers

Thirty-one Leucania species are found in America north of Mexico. (3)

Range

Represented coast to coast in North America, with one species ranging north to the arctic.

Print References

Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p.91 (3)

Ochsenheimer, F. 1816. Die schmetterlinge von Europa 4: 81

Internet References

pinned adult images of all 12 species in eastern Canada (CBIF)

pinned adult images of all 10 species in western Canada (CBIF)

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

3.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 February, 2005 - 9:35pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 July, 2014 - 10:53pm

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