Leucania

Leucania
	Leucaniini caterpillar (possibly Leucania pseudargyria)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Tribe:	Leucaniini
Genus:	Leucania; Ochsenheimer, 1816

Leucania is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.

Description

Palpi obliquely upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled, and prominent, short, naked and depressed third joint. The proboscis is well developed. Its eyes are hairy. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Head not deeply retracted into the thorax, which is smoothly scaled. Abdomen with scarcely a trace of dorsal tufts on basal segments. Tibia and tarsi with short hairs. Forewings with vein 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) to form the areole. Vein 7 being given off from the end of it. Vein 10 before the end.^[1]

Species

Leucania abdominalis (Walker, 1856)
Leucania acrapex (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania adjuta (Grote, 1874)
Leucania aedesiusi (Rougeot & Laporte, 1983)
Leucania agnata (Draudt, 1950)
Leucania albifasciata (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania albimacula (Gaede, 1916)
Leucania albistigma Moore, 1881
Leucania albistriga Maassen, 1890
Leucania alboradiata (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania alopa Meyrick, 1887
Leucania amens Guenée, 1852
Leucania anteroclara Smith, 1902
Leucania apparata Wallengren, 1875
Leucania arcupunctata Maassen, 1890
Leucania argyrina (Laporte, 1984)
Leucania atrifera (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania atrimacula Hampson, 1902
Leucania atrinota (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania atrisignata (Hampson, 1918)
Leucania atritorna (Hampson, 1911)
Leucania badia Maassen, 1890
Leucania basilinea Swinhoe, 1890
Leucania baziyae Möschler, 1883
Leucania biforis (Draudt, 1924)
Leucania bilinea Maassen, 1890
Leucania bilineata (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania bisetulata (Berio, 1940)
Leucania brantsii Snellen, 1872
Leucania calidior (Forbes, 1936)
Leucania canariensis Rebel, 1894
Leucania carminata (Hampson, 1918)
Leucania carnea (Draudt, 1924)
Leucania carneotincta (Kenrick, 1917)
Leucania celebensis (Tams, 1935)
Leucania chejela (Schaus, 1921)
Leucania chilensis Butler, 1882
Leucania cholica (Dyar, 1919)
Leucania cinereicollis Walker, 1858
Leucania clara (Draudt, 1924)
Leucania clarescens Möschler, 1890
Leucania clavifera (Hampson, 1907)
Leucania comma (Linnaeus, 1761) – shoulder-striped wainscot
Leucania commoides Guenée, 1852
Leucania confluens (Bethune-Baker, 1909)
Leucania confundens Walker, 1858
Leucania continentalis Berio, 1962
Leucania cooperi (Schaus, 1923)
Leucania corrugata Hampson, 1894
Leucania cruegeri Butler, 1886
Leucania cupreata (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania curvilinea Hampson, 1891
Leucania cyprium (Laporte, 1984)
Leucania dasycnema (Turner, 1912)
Leucania dia (Grote, 1879)
Leucania diagramma Bethune-Baker, 1905
Leucania diatrecta Butler, 1886
Leucania diopis (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania dorsalis Walker, 1856
Leucania ebriosa Guenée, 1852
Leucania erecta Hreblay, 1999
Leucania exclamans Berio, 1973
Leucania extincta Guenée, 1852
Leucania eyre (Schaus, 1938)
Leucania ezrami (Schaus, 1938)
Leucania fagani (Schaus, 1938)
Leucania falklandica Butler, 1893
Leucania farcta (Grote, 1881)
Leucania fasilidasi (Laporte, 1984)
Leucania februalis (Hill, 1924)
Leucania ficta Walker, 1866
Leucania fissifascia (Hampson, 1907)
Leucania fiyu Hreblay & Yoshimatsu, 1998
Leucania fortunata (Pinker, 1961)
Leucania fragilis (Butler, 1883)
Leucania guascana (Schaus, 1938)
Leucania hamata Wallengren, 1856
Leucania hartii Howes, 1914
Leucania haywardi (Köhler, 1947)
Leucania herrichii Herrich-Schäffer, [1849]
Leucania hildrani (Schaus, 1938)
Leucania homoeoptera (Hampson, 1918)
Leucania humidicola Guenée, 1852
Leucania hypocapna (de Joannis, 1932)
Leucania imperfecta Smith, 1894
Leucania impuncta Guenée, 1852
Leucania inangulata (Gaede, 1934)
Leucania incognita (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Leucania incompleta (Berio, 1970)
Leucania inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Leucania ineana Snellen, 1880
Leucania ineata Snellen, 1880
Leucania inermis (Forbes, 1936)
Leucania infatuans Franclemont, 1972
Leucania innotata Howes, 1908
Leucania inouei Sugi, 1965
Leucania insecuta Walker, 1865
Leucania insueta Guenée, 1852
Leucania insulicola Guenée, 1852
Leucania interciliata Hampson, 1902
Leucania internata Möschler, 1883
Leucania irregularis (Walker, 1857)
Leucania jaliscana Schaus, 1898
Leucania joannisi Boursin & Rungs, 1952
Leucania kathmandica Hreblay, Legrain & Yoshimatsu, 1996
Leucania kirschi Maassen, 1890
Leucania lacteola Christoph, 1893
Leucania lacticinia (Dognin, 1914)
Leucania lapidaria (Grote, 1876)
Leucania latericia Holloway, 1979
Leucania latiuscula Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Leucania leucogramma (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania leucophlebia (Hampson, 1918)
Leucania leucospila (Hampson, 1918)
Leucania leucosta Lower, 1901
Leucania leucostigma Snellen, 1877
Leucania lewinii Butler, 1886
Leucania lilloana (Köhler, 1947)
Leucania lilloana (Köhler, 1947)
Leucania linda Franclemont, 1952
Leucania linearis Lucas, 1892
Leucania lineolatoides Poole, 1989
Leucania linita Guenée, 1852
Leucania lobrega Adams, 2001
Leucania longipennis (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
Leucania lucentia Maassen, 1890
Leucania macellaria (Draudt, 1924)
Leucania macoya (Schaus, 1921)
Leucania mediolacteata (Berio, 1941)
Leucania megaproctis (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania melanostrota (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania melianoides Möschler, 1884
Leucania metasarca (Hampson, 1907)
Leucania miasticta (Hampson, 1918)
Leucania microgonia (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania micropis (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania microsticha (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania misteca Schaus, 1898
Leucania mocoides Dognin, 1897
Leucania multilinea Walker, 1856
Leucania multipunctata Druce, 1889
Leucania murcida (Wallengren, 1875)
Leucania musakensis Laporte, 1977
Leucania nabalua Holloway, 1976
Leucania nebulosa Hampson, 1902
Leucania negrottoi (Berio, 1940)
Leucania nigrispara Hampson, 1902
Leucania nigristriga Hreblay, Legrain & Yoshimatsu, 1998
Leucania noacki (Boursin, 1967)
Leucania oaxacana Schaus, 1898
Leucania obsoleta (Hübner, [1803])
Leucania obumbrata T.P. Lucas, 1894
Leucania opalisans (Draudt, 1924)
Leucania oregona Smith, 1902
Leucania palaestinae (Staudinger, 1897)
Leucania paraxysta Meyrick, 1929
Leucania patrizii (Berio, 1935)
Leucania pectinata (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania percussa Butler, 1880
Leucania persecta (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania perstriata (Hampson, 1909)
Leucania perstrigata (Dyar, 1910)
Leucania petra Hreblay & Yoshimatsu, 1999
Leucania phaea Hampson, 1902
Leucania phaeochroa (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania phaeoneura Hampson, 1913
Leucania phragmitidicola Guenée, 1852 – phragmites wainscot
- (Leucania phragmatidicola Guenée, 1852, misspelling)
Leucania pilipalpis (Grote, 1876)
Leucania polemusa Swinhoe, 1885
Leucania polyrabda (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania polysticha Turner, 1902
Leucania polystrota (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania porphyrodes (Turner, 1911)
Leucania praetexta Townsend, 1956
Leucania pseudargyria Guenée, 1852
Leucania pseudoyu (Rothschild, 1915)
Leucania ptyonophora (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania punctosa (Treitschke, 1825)
Leucania punctulata Wallengren, 1856
Leucania putrescens (Hübner, [1824])
Leucania pyrastis (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania quadricuspidata Wallengren, 1856
Leucania respersa Berio, 1974
Leucania reticulata Berio, 1962
Leucania rhabdophora Hampson, 1902
Leucania rhodopsara (Turner, 1911)
Leucania rhodoptera (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania rivorum Guenée, 1852
Leucania rosea Möschler, 1880
Leucania roseilinea Walker, 1862
Leucania roseilineoides Poole, 1989
Leucania roseivena (Draudt, 1924)
Leucania rosengreeni Rebel, 1907
Leucania roseorufa (de Joannis, 1928)
Leucania rosescens (Hampson, 1910)
Leucania rubra (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania rubrescens (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania rufescenoides Poole, 1989
Leucania rufidefinita (Hampson, 1918)
Leucania sanguinis Berio, 1962
Leucania sarca Hampson, 1902
Leucania sarcistis (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania sarcophaea (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania sarcostriga (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania scirpicola Guenée, 1852
Leucania secta Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Leucania semiusta Hampson, 1891
Leucania senescens Möschler, 1890
Leucania separata (Walker, 1865) see Mythimna separata^[2]
Leucania sericea (Warren, 1915)
Leucania seteci (Dyar, 1914)
Leucania simillima Walker, 1862
Leucania socorrensis (Dognin, 1911)
Leucania steniptera (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania stenographa Lower, 1900 – sugar cane armyworm
Leucania stolata Smith, 1894
Leucania striata Leech, 1900
Leucania strigata Maassen, 1890
Leucania striguscula (Dyar, 1913)
Leucania subacrapex (Berio, 1970)
Leucania subdecora (Wileman, 1912)
Leucania subpunctata (Harvey, 1875)
Leucania subrubrescens (Warren, 1915)
Leucania subspurcata Walker, 1866
Leucania suffusoides Poole, 1989
Leucania tacuna Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Leucania tenebra (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania tritonia (Hampson, 1905)
Leucania uda Guenée, 1852
Leucania uniformis Moore, 1881
Leucania ursula (Forbes, 1936)
Leucania ustata (Hampson, 1907)
Leucania vana (Swinhoe, 1885)
Leucania velva (Schaus, 1921)
Leucania venalba Moore, 1867
Leucania vibicosa (Turner, 1920)
Leucania vyndhiae Hreblay & Legrain, 1999
Leucania yu Guenée, 1852
Leucania yunnana Chen, 1999
Leucania zeae (Duponchel, 1827)

References

^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 December 2012). "Mythimna separata (Walker, 1865) Oriental Armyworm". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

Savela, Markku. "Leucania Ochsenheimer, 1816". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[2] Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 December 2012). "Mythimna separata (Walker, 1865) Oriental Armyworm". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[1]

[2]