''Letis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1821.

Selected species

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Letis hercyna ''Letis hercyna'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica. Description Upper side: antennae filiform, brown, and thread-like. Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings greyish brown. The ant ...

'' (Drury, 1773) *''

Letis magna ''Letis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821. Selected species *'' Letis hercyna'' (Drury, 1773) *'' Letis magna'' Gmelin, 1789 *''Letis orcynia'' Druce, 1890 – marbled witch *'' Letis sc ...

'' Gmelin, 1789 *''

Letis orcynia ''Letis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821. Selected species *'' Letis hercyna'' (Drury, 1773) *'' Letis magna'' Gmelin, 1789 *'' Letis orcynia'' Druce, 1890 – marbled witch *'' Letis s ...

'' Druce, 1890 – marbled witch *''

Letis scops ''Letis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821. Selected species *'' Letis hercyna'' (Drury, 1773) *''Letis magna'' Gmelin, 1789 *''Letis orcynia'' Druce, 1890 – marbled witch *'' Letis sco ...

'' Guenée, 1852 – scops witch moth"Scops Witch"
''Moths of the Andes''. *''

Letis specularis ''Letis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821. Selected species *'' Letis hercyna'' (Drury, 1773) *''Letis magna'' Gmelin, 1789 *''Letis orcynia'' Druce, 1890 – marbled witch *''Letis scop ...

'' Hübner, 1821 (

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...

) *'' Letis xylia'' Guenée, 1852

References

* Thermesiini Moth genera {{Erebinae-stub