Biology:Lerina (moth)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Lerina Walker, 1854 |
| Species: | L. incarnata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerina incarnata Walker, 1854
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Lerina is a genus in the subtribe Phaegopterina in the family Erebidae. The genus contains only one species, Lerina incarnata, the crimson-bodied lichen moth, which is found in Mexico[1] and southern Arizona.[2]
As a caterpillar, it is orange-yellowish with dark dots, and feeds on Asclepias linaria, a species of milkweed.[3]
The wings are metallic bluish green. The head, thorax and abdomen are thickly clothed with crimson hairs, the thorax with a black dorsal stripe. The palpi, proboscis, antennae and legs are black.[4]
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External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6528807 entry
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