Luma (moth)

Luma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Luma
Walker, 1863[1]
Type species
Luma anticalis
Walker, 1863[2]
Synonyms
  • Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894
  • Pelena Moore, 1886
  • Pelina Hampson, 1897
  • Petena Neave, 1940

Luma is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.

Species

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Luma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. Luma at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
  • Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p. 121. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  • Savela, Markku. "Luma Walker, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 19, 2018.


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