Leucanella
| Leucanella | |
|---|---|
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| Leucanella janeira | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemileucinae |
| Genus: | Leucanella Lemaire, 1969 |
Leucanella is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Claude Lemaire in 1969.[1]
Species
[edit]The genus includes the following species:
- Leucanella acutissima (Walker, 1865)
- Leucanella anikae Meister & Brechlin, 2002
- Leucanella apollinairei (Dognin, 1923)
- Leucanella aspera (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- Leucanella atahualpa Meister & Naumann, 2006
- Leucanella bivius (Bouvier, 1927)
- Leucanella contei (Lemaire, 1967)
- Leucanella contempta (Lemaire, 1967)
- Leucanella flammans (Schaus, 1900)
- Leucanella fusca (Walker, 1855)
- Leucanella gibbosa (Conte, 1906)
- Leucanella heisleri (E. D. Jones, 1908)
- Leucanella hosmera (Schaus, 1941)
- Leucanella janeira (Westwood, 1854)
- Leucanella lama (Berg, 1883)
- Leucanella leucane (Geyer, 1837)
- Leucanella lynx (Bouvier, 1930)
- Leucanella maasseni (Moeschler, 1872)
- Leucanella memusae (Walker, 1855)
- Leucanella memusoides Lemaire, 1973
- Leucanella muelleri (Draudt, 1929)
- Leucanella newmani (Lemaire, 1967)
- Leucanella nyctimene (Latreille, 1832)
- Leucanella saturata (Walker, 1855)
- Leucanella stuarti (W. Rothschild & Jordan, 1901)
- Leucanella viettei (Lemaire, 1967)
- Leucanella viridescens (Walker, 1855)
- Leucanella yungasensis Meister & Naumann, 2006
References
[edit]- ^ Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012.
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