Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Leucania Higher classification Hadenini Order Butterflies and moths | Family Noctuidae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus | |
Lower classifications Leucania loreyi, Leucania comma, Leucania putrescens, Leucania zeae, Leucania punctosa | ||
Leucania is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
Description
Palpi obliquely upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled, and prominent, short, naked and depressed third joint. Proboscis well developed. Eyes 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. Fore wings with vein 8 and 9 anastomosing to form the areole. Vein 7 being given off from the end of it. Vein 10 before the end.
References
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