Luceria (moth)

Luceria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Subfamily:Hypenodinae
Genus:Luceria
Walker, 1859

Luceria is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] This genus is found in southern Asia, Australia, on several Pacific islands and a few species also in Africa.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in subfamily Strepsimaninae of the family Noctuidae.

Species

  • Luceria albipupillata Holloway, 2008
  • Luceria bakeri Holloway, 2008
  • Luceria cooki Holloway, 1977
  • Luceria emarginata D. S. Fletcher, 1961
  • Luceria eurhipoides (Hampson, 1891)
  • Luceria fletcheri Inoue, 1958
  • Luceria icasta D. S. Fletcher, 1957
  • Luceria jowettorum Holloway, 1982
  • Luceria nigerrinalis (Fryer, 1912)
  • Luceria novatusalis Walker, 1859
  • Luceria oculalis (Moore, 1877)
  • Luceria opiusalis Walker, 1859
  • Luceria pallida (Hampson, 1891)
  • Luceria pamphaea D. S. Fletcher, 1961
  • Luceria striata Galsworthy, 1997

References

  1. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Luceria Walker, 1859". Afromoths. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  • Savela, Markku. "Luceria Walker, 1859". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Walker (1859). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 19: 853-854


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