''Ledaea'' 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

Herbert Druce Herbert Druce, FLS (14 July 1846, in London – 11 April 1913, in London) was an English entomologist. His collections were acquired by Frederick DuCane Godman (1834–1919), Osbert Salvin (1835–1898), and James John Joicey (1870–1932) b ...

in 1891.

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gives this name as a synonym of ''

Spargaloma ''Spargaloma'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species is ''Spargaloma sexpunctata'', the six-spotted gray. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found from coast t ...

'' Grote, 1873.

Species

*''

Ledaea arciva ''Ledaea'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Herbert Druce in 1891. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of '' Spargaloma'' Grote, 1873. Species *'' Ledaea arciva'' H. Druce, 1891 P ...

'' H. Druce, 1891 Panama *''

Ledaea marcella ''Ledaea'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Herbert Druce in 1891. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of '' Spargaloma'' Grote, 1873. Species *'' Ledaea arciva'' H. Druce, 1891 P ...

'' H. Druce, 1891 Costa Rica *'' Ledaea perditalis'' (Walker,

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North America

References

Pangraptinae Moth genera {{Pangraptinae-stub