Leucaniini is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
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 superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
. There are at least 40 described species in Leucaniini.
Genera
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Leucania
''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 ...
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Ochsenheimer, 1816
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Mythimna
Mythimna ( el, Μύθημνα, Δήμος Μυθήμνης) is a former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kissamos, of which it is a municipal unit. Th ...
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Ochsenheimer, 1816
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Senta
Senta ( sr-cyrl, Сента, ; Hungarian: ''Zenta'', ; Romanian: ''Zenta'') is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the bank of the Tisa river in the ge ...
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Stephens, 1834
References
* Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ''ZooKeys'', vol. 40, 1-239.
Further reading
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External links
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Noctuinae
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