Biology:Lerina (moth)

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Lerina
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Lerina
Walker, 1854
Species:
L. incarnata
Binomial name
Lerina incarnata
Walker, 1854
Synonyms
  • Ctenucha robinsonii Boisduval, 1869

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]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6528807 entry