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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
3780
15848
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
3774
15825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
82
3756
15683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
30
2174
9239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
24
1968
8389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
7
1049
4450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
436
1846
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyNoctuinae
Latreille, 1809
Cutworm, Dart Moths, Noctuine Noctuid Moths
116
593
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeLeucaniini
Guenée, 1837
5
111
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
5 Genera with 111 Species
Analetia Calora, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Leucania Ochsenheimer, 190750SpeciesTaxom
Mythimna Ochsenheimer, 190753SpeciesTaxom
Senta Stephens, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Vietteania Rungs, 18526SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
111 Species
Analetia polyrabda Hampson, 1905
Leucania (Acantholeucania) loreyi Duponchel, 1827Cosmopolitan
Leucania (Leucania) joannisi Boursin & Rungs, 1952
Leucania (Leucania) zeae Duponchel, 1827
Leucania acutangula (Gaede, 1916)⇒ Mythimna decisissima Walker, 1856
Leucania acutangulata Gaede, 1916
Leucania amens Guenée, 1852
Leucania apparata Wallengren, 1875
Leucania atrimacula Hampson, 1902
Leucania atrinota HampsonL, 1905
Leucania baziyae Möschler, 1883
Leucania bertha Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Leucania cupreata Hampson, 1905
Leucania curvula (Walker, 1856)⇒ Leucania loreyi Duponchel, 1827
Leucania duplicata Butler, 1889
Leucania flava (Hübner, 1808)⇒ Oria musculosa Hübner, 1808
Leucania hamata Wallengren, 1856
Leucania insularis (Butler, 1880)⇒ Mythimna irrorata Moore, 1881
Leucania insulicola Guenée, 1852
Leucania interciliata Hampson, 1902
Leucania internata Möschler, 1883
Leucania leucosticha (Hampson, 1905)⇒ Leucania phaea Hampson, 1902
Leucania longipennis Hampson, 1905
Leucania melanostrota Hampson, 1905
Leucania melianoides Möschler, 1883
Leucania multilinea Walker, 1856Engelmann's milkweed
Leucania murcida Wallengren, 1875
Leucania nebulosa Hampson, 1902
Leucania nigrisparsa Hampson, 1902
Leucania persecta Hampson, 1905
Leucania phaea Hampson, 1902
Leucania phaeochroa Hampson, 1905
Leucania pinna (Saalmüller, 1891)⇒ Vietteania pinna Saalmüller, 1891
Leucania plana (Walker, 1856)⇒ Leucania amens Guenée, 1852
Leucania polyrabda Hampson, 1905
Leucania prominens (Walker, 1856)⇒ Leucania duplicata Butler, 1889
Leucania pseudargyria Guenée, 1852False Wainscot
Leucania punctulata Wallengren, 1856Cypress Sphinx
Leucania quadricuspidata Wallengren, 1856
Leucania reticulata Berio, 1962
Leucania rhabdophora Hampson, 1902
Leucania rubrescens Hampson, 1905
Leucania ruptilinea Walker, 1857
Leucania sarca Hampson, 1902
Leucania substituta (Wallengren, 1875)⇒ Leucania tacuna Felder & Rog..., 1874
Leucania tacuna Felder & Rog..., 1874
Leucania tincta Walker, 1858
Leucania uncinata Gaede, 1916
Leucania uncinatus Gaede, 1916
Leucania usta Hampson, 1902Common Sootywing
Leucania ustata Hampson, 1907
Mythimna (Hyphilare) decisissima Walker, 1856
Mythimna (Hyphilare) longivittata Berio, 1940
Mythimna (Hyphilare) pyrausta Hampson, 1913
Mythimna (Hyphilare) tincta Walker, 1858
Mythimna (Hyphilare) umbrigera Saalmuller, 1891
Mythimna (Hyphilare) usta Hampson, 1902
Mythimna (Hyphilare) viettei Rungs, 1955
Mythimna (Morphopoliana) caelebs Grünberg, 1910
Mythimna (Morphopoliana) combinata Walker, 1857
Mythimna (Morphopoliana) languida Walker, 1858
Mythimna (Morphopoliana) vilis Gaede, 1916
Mythimna (Mythimna) impura Hübner, 1808Smoky Wainscot
Mythimna (Mythimna) irrorata Moore, 1881
Mythimna (Prodigithymna) prominens Walker, 1856
Mythimna (Sablia) irrorata Moore, 1881
Mythimna (Sablia) uncinatus Gaede, 1916
Mythimna apparata Wallengren, 1875
Mythimna atrimacula Hampson, 1902
Mythimna atrinota Hampson, 1905
Mythimna bipunctata Strand, 1917
Mythimna brantsii Snellen, 1872
Mythimna capensis Strand, 1917
Mythimna corax Krüger, 2005
Mythimna hamata Wallengren, 1856
Mythimna homoeoptera Hampson, 1918
Mythimna inframicans Hampson, 1893
Mythimna interciliata Hampson, 1902
Mythimna intercilliata Hampson, 1902
Mythimna internata Möschler, 1884
Mythimna laevusta Berio, 1955
Mythimna leucogramma Hampson, 1905
Mythimna mamohau Krüger, 2005
Mythimna melianoides Möschler, 1884
Mythimna metasarca Hampson, 1907
Mythimna natalensis Butler, 1875
Mythimna nebulosa Hampson, 1902
Mythimna nigrisparsa Hampson, 1902
Mythimna operosa Saalmüller, 1891
Mythimna panarista Fletcher, 1963
Mythimna persecta Hampson, 1905
Mythimna phaeochroa Hampson, 1905
Mythimna poliastis Hampson, 1902
Mythimna provvisoria (Walker, 1856)⇒ Mythimna prominens Walker, 1856
Mythimna pseudotacuna Berio, 1962
Mythimna pyrostrota (Hampson, 1907)⇒ Vietteania pyrostrota Hampson, 1907
Mythimna rhabdophora Hampson, 1902
Mythimna rosescens Hampson, 1910
Mythimna rubrescens Hampson, 1905
Mythimna sarca Hampson, 1902
Mythimna semicorax Krüger, 2005
Mythimna substituta Wallengren, 1875
Mythimna tacuna Felder & Rog..., 1874
Mythimna ustata Hampson, 1907
Senta sarca Hampson, 1902
Vietteania amens Guenée, 1852
Vietteania baziyae Möschler, 1884
Vietteania infima (Wallengren, 1875)⇒ Vietteania torrentium Guenée, 1852
Vietteania intestata Walker, 1856
Vietteania plana Walker, 1856
Vietteania torrentium Guenée, 1852


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