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.
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