Biology:Leucomonia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Leucomonia
Leucomonia bethia JH247 male up edi.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Sphingini
Genus: Leucomonia
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
L. bethia
Binomial name
Leucomonia bethia
(Kirby, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diludia bethia Kirby, 1877
  • Rothschild, 1894 Meganoton distinctum

Leucomonia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Leucomonia bethia, which is known from New South Wales and Queensland.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Clerodendrum floribundum.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1756069 entry