''Leto'' is a monotypic
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 ...
genus of the family
Hepialidae
The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Hepialidae constitute by far the most diverse group of the infraorder Exop ...
described by
Jacob Hübner in 1820. The only described species is ''Leto venus'', described by
Pieter Cramer Pieter Cramer (21 May 1721 (baptized) – 28 September 1776), was a wealthy Dutch merchant in linen and Spanish wool, remembered as an entomologist. Cramer was the director of the Zealand Society, a scientific society located in Flushing, and a mem ...
in 1780, which is endemic to
South Africa
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. The
larva
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l food plant is ''
Virgilia
Virgilia is the wife of Coriolanus in William Shakespeare's play ''Coriolanus'' (1607–1610), in which same play Volumnia is his mother.
Origins
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''.
References
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Hepialidae genera
Endemic moths of South Africa
Hepialidae
Moths described in 1780
Moths of Africa
Taxa named by Pieter Cramer
Monotypic moth genera
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