''Leucania'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 w ...

s of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

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.

Species

* '' Leucania abdominalis'' (Walker, 1856) * ''

Leucania acrapex ''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 ...

'' (Hampson, 1905) * '' Leucania adjuta'' (Grote, 1874) * '' Leucania aedesiusi'' (Rougeot & Laporte, 1983) * ''

Leucania agnata ''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 ...

'' (Draudt, 1950) * '' Leucania albifasciata'' (Hampson, 1905) * '' Leucania albimacula'' (Gaede, 1916) * '' Leucania albistigma'' Moore, 1881 * '' Leucania albistriga'' Maassen, 1890 * ''

Leucania alboradiata ''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 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 of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfam ...

'' 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 ''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 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 ...

'' (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 ...

'' 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 ...

'' (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 ...

'' (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 ...

'' (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 ...

'' 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 ...

'' 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 ...

'' 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 ...

'' (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 ...

'' 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'' (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 ''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 ...

'' 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 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 ...

'' (Turner, 1912) * '' Leucania dia'' (Grote, 1879) * '' Leucania diagramma'' Bethune-Baker, 1905 * ''

Leucania diatrecta ''Leucania diatrecta'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in New South Wales. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777� ...

'' Butler, 1886 * ''

Leucania diopis ''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 ...

'' (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 ''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 ...

'' 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,

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/small> * '' 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 ''Leucania inermis'', the unarmed 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 of moths. They are considered the most controversial fam ...

'' (Forbes, 1936) * '' Leucania infatuans'' Franclemont, 1972 * '' Leucania innotata'' Howes, 1908 * '' Leucania inouei'' Sugi, 1965 * '' Leucania insecuta'' Walker, 1865 * '' Leucania insueta'' Guenée, 1852 * ''

Leucania insulicola ''Leucania insulicola'' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most parts of central, western and southern Africa and on the islands of the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic ...

'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Leucania interciliata'' Hampson, 1902 * ''

Leucania internata ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' (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 ''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 ...

'' Adams, 2001 * '' Leucania longipennis'' (Hampson, 1905) * '' Leucania loreyi'' (Duponchel, 1827) * '' Leucania loreyimima'' Rungs, 1953 – sugar cane armyworm * '' 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 ''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 ...

'' (Wallengren, 1875) * '' Leucania musakensis'' Laporte, 1977 * '' Leucania nabalua'' Holloway, 1976 * ''

Leucania nebulosa ''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 ...

'' 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,

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* '' 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 ''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 ...

'' (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 ''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 ...

'' 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,

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* ''

Leucania pyrastis ''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 ...

'' (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 ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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. It ...

'' * '' Leucania sericea'' (Warren, 1915) * '' Leucania seteci'' (Dyar, 1914) * '' Leucania simillima'' Walker, 1862 * '' Leucania socorrensis'' (Dognin, 1911) * '' Leucania steniptera'' (Hampson, 1905) * '' Leucania stenographa'' Lower, 1900 * '' 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 ''Leucania uda'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Australia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Chen, 1999 * '' Leucania zeae'' (Duponchel, 1827)

References

* * {{Taxonbar , from=Q1937420 Mythimnini