''Leucania'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...
first described by
Ferdinand Ochsenheimer
Ferdinand Ochsenheimer (17 March 1767 – 2 November 1822) was a German actor and entomologist (lepidopterist).
Life
Ochsenheimer was born and brought up in Mainz (then in the Electorate of Mainz) and began to show an interest in butterflies ...
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.
Species
* ''
Leucania abdominalis
''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 p ...
''
(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
''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 p ...
''
Moore, 1881
* ''
Leucania albistriga''
Maassen, 1890
* ''
Leucania alboradiata''
(Hampson, 1905)
* ''
Leucania alopa''
Meyrick, 1887
* ''
Leucania amens''
Guenée, 1852
* ''
Leucania anteroclara
''Leucania anteroclara'' is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most con ...
''
Smith, 1902
* ''
Leucania apparata
''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 p ...
''
Wallengren, 1875
* ''
Leucania arcupunctata''
Maassen, 1890
* ''
Leucania argyrina''
(Laporte, 1984)
* ''
Leucania atrifera
''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 p ...
''
(Hampson, 1905)
* ''
Leucania atrimacula
''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 p ...
''
Hampson, 1902
* ''
Leucania atrinota
''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 p ...
''
(Hampson, 1905)
* ''
Leucania atrisignata
''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 p ...
''
(Hampson, 1918)
* ''
Leucania atritorna
''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 p ...
''
(Hampson, 1911)
* ''
Leucania badia
''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 p ...
''
Maassen, 1890
* ''
Leucania basilinea
''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 p ...
''
Swinhoe, 1890
* ''
Leucania baziyae
''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 p ...
''
Möschler, 1883
* ''
Leucania biforis
''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 p ...
''
(Draudt, 1924)
* ''
Leucania bilinea
''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 p ...
''
Maassen, 1890
* ''
Leucania bilineata
''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 p ...
''
(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
''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 p ...
''
(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
''Leucania'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae Species description, first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Description
Palpi obliquely upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled, and prominent, short, naked and depresse ...
''
(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, 849
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Events
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* Summer – Battle of Ostia: A Saracen Arab fleet from Sardinia sets sail towards Rome. In response, Pope Leo IV ...
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* '' 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
''Leucania incognita'' is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough
James Halliday McDunnough (10 May 1877 – 23 February 1962) was a Canadians, Canadian Lingui ...
'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
* '' Leucania incompleta'' (Berio, 1970)
* ''Leucania inconspicua
''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 p ...
'' 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
''Leucania loreyi'', the cosmopolitan, false army worm or nightfeeding rice armyworm, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of African countries, the Indo-Australian subtropics and tropics of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, ...
'' (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, 803
__NOTOC__
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Emperors Nikephoros I and Charlemagne settle their imperial boundaries in the Adriatic Sea, and sign the Pa ...
* ''Leucania obumbrata
''Leucania obumbrata'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is known from Australia.
The wingspan is about 50 mm.
References
Leucania
Moths described in 1894
{{Mythimnini-stub ...
'' 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
''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 p ...
'' 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, 824
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Events
By date
* February 8 – The Tenchō era begins in Japan at the beginning of the reign of the Emperor Junna, bringing an end to the ...
* '' 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
''Leucania'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae Species description, first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Description
Palpi obliquely upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled, and prominent, short, naked and depresse ...
'' 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
''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 p ...
'' 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
''Leucania secta'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868. It is found on Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahamas
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an Archipela ...
'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
* '' Leucania semiusta'' Hampson, 1891
* '' Leucania senescens'' Möschler, 1890
* ''Leucania separata'' (Walker, 1865) see ''Mythimna separata
''Mythimna separata'', the northern armyworm, oriental armyworm or rice ear-cutting caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in China, Japan, South-east Asia, India, eastern Australia, New Zealand, and some Pacific islands. I ...
''Leucania striata
''Leucania striata'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is native to Japan, where it is known from the central to the western areas of Honshu, extending through Shikoku and Kyushu south to the Ryukyu Islands (= Loochoo). It has also been recor ...
'' 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
''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 p ...
'' 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
''Leucania ursula'', the ursula wainscot, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are consid ...
'' (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
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