''Luma'' 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 ...
of
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
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1863.
Species
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Luma albifascialis''
Hampson, 1897
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Luma anticalis''
Walker, 1863
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Luma flavalis''
Hampson, 1893
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Luma flavimarginalis''
Hampson, 1907
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Luma holoxantha''
Hampson, 1907
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Luma longidentalis''
Hampson, 1903
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Luma macropsalis''
Hampson, 1897
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Luma obscuralis''
(Swinhoe, 1895)
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Luma trimaculata''
Hampson, 1897
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Luma unicolor''
(Moore, 1886)
Former species
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Loxocorys
''Loxocorys'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1894, and has long been considered a synonym of ''Luma (moth), Luma'' before it was reinstated as genus with the sole species ''Loxocorys seri ...
sericea''
(Butler, 1879)
References
External links
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Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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