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Leucoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Leucoma

Leucoma is a genus of tussock moths in the Erebidae family. The species are well distributed in Palearctic, Ethiopian, and Oriental regions along with New Britain and Ireland.

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Description

Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae bipectinated in both sexes, where branches long in male and short in female. Hind tibia has pair of spurs. Fore wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Veins 4 and 5 from angle. Vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 7 to 9 are stalked. Hind wings with vein 3 from before angle of cell. Vein 5 from above angle. Veins 6 and 7 stalked or from cell.

Species

  • Leucoma albina Plötz, 1880
  • Leucoma aneuphrix Collenette, 1960
  • Leucoma aristera Collenette, 1960
  • Leucoma atripalpia (Hampson, 1910)
  • Leucoma bicolorata Holloway, 1999
  • Leucoma chrysoscela (Collenette, 1934)
  • Leucoma clara (Walker, 1865)
  • Leucoma cryptadia Collenette, 1938
  • Leucoma dexitera Collenette, 1960
  • Leucoma dicella Collenette, 1960
  • Leucoma euphrix Collenette, 1960
  • Leucoma flavifrons (Hampson, 1910)
  • Leucoma flavosulphurea Erschoff, 1872
  • Leucoma fletcheri Collenette, 1958
  • Leucoma impressa Snellen, 1877
  • Leucoma lechrisemata Collenette, 1959
  • Leucoma lirioessa Collenette, 1960
  • Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855)
  • Leucoma melanoscela (Collenette, 1934)
  • Leucoma nigrolineata Bethune-Baker, 1927
  • Leucoma nitida Swinhoe, 1903
  • Leucoma niveata (Walker, 1865)
  • Leucoma ochripes (Moore, 1879)
  • Leucoma ochropoda (Eversmann, 1847)
  • Leucoma ogovensis (Holland, 1893)
  • Leucoma parallela (Collenette, 1934)
  • Leucoma parva Plötz, 1889
  • Leucoma purissima (Hering, 1926)
  • Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Satin Moth
  • Leucoma sartus (Erschoff, 1874)
  • Leucoma sericea (Moore, 1879)
  • Leucoma sevastopuloi Collenette, 1955
  • Leucoma subargentea Felder, 1861
  • Leucoma surtur (A. Bang-Haas, 1912)
  • Leucoma wiltshirei Collenette, 1938
  • Leucoma xanthocephala (Hering, 1926)
  • Leucoma xanthosoma (Holland, 1893)
  • References

    Leucoma Wikipedia