Biology:Leucaloa

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Short description: Genus of moths

Leucaloa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Leucaloa
Butler, 1875
Type species
Spilosoma eugraphica
Walker, [1865] 1864

Leucaloa is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The moths in the genus are found in the Afrotropics.

Species

References

  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2009: Reviewing the African tiger-moth genera: 1. A new genus, two new subgenera and a species list from the expedition to Malawi by V.Kovtunovich & P. Usthjuzhanin in 2008-2009, with further taxonomic notes on South African Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Atalanta 40 (1/2): 285-301, 352-355 (colour plates 24-27).
  • Dubatolov, V.V., 2011: Arctiinae from African expeditions of V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin in 2009-2011, with description of new taxa and taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 42 (1/2): 125-135.
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Wikidata ☰ Q6533926 entry