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Checklist for Tribe Leucaniini Guenée, 1837
and region Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
49
1354
4084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
49
1353
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
49
1353
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
22
944
3149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
19
898
3067
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
487
1317
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
167
364
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyNoctuinae
Latreille, 1809
Cutworm, Dart Moths, Noctuine Noctuid Moths
25
60
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeLeucaniini
Guenée, 1837
2
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ghana
2 Genera with 19 Species
Leucania Ochsenheimer, 18568SpeciesTaxom
Mythimna Ochsenheimer, 196311SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
19 Species
Leucania aenictopa Fletcher D. S., 1961
Leucania bertha Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Leucania curvula (Walker, 1856)⇒ Leucania loreyi Duponchel, 1827
Leucania metasarca Hampson, 1907
Leucania miasticta Hampson, 1918
Leucania phaea Hampson, 1902
Leucania pinna (Saalmüller, 1891)⇒ Vietteania pinna Saalmüller, 1891
Leucania punctulata Wallengren, 1856Cypress Sphinx
Mythimna (Hyphilare) pyrausta Hampson, 1913
Mythimna (Hyphilare) umbrigera Saalmuller, 1891
Mythimna (Morphopoliana) languida Walker, 1858
Mythimna (Morphopoliana) vilis Gaede, 1916
Mythimna (Prodigithymna) prominens Walker, 1856
Mythimna aenictopa Fletcher, 1961
Mythimna brantsii Snellen, 1872
Mythimna flavalba Berio, 1970
Mythimna lunulata Gaede, 1916
Mythimna metasarca Hampson, 1907
Mythimna panarista Fletcher, 1963


Links, sources and further information
Leucaniini at artfakta.se
Leucaniini at dyntaxa.se
Leucaniini at itis.gov