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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
614
13248
40770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
610
13239
40744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
581
13079
40224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
365
10638
34907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
80
3730
13310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
80
3727
13306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
3725
13304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
28
2482
9917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
23
2292
9415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
1343
4901
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
431
1353
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyNoctuinae
Latreille, 1809
Cutworm, Dart Moths, Noctuine Noctuid Moths
78
273
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeLeucaniini
Guenée, 1837
2
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Africa
2 Genera with 37 Species
Leucania Ochsenheimer, 185618SpeciesTaxom
Mythimna Ochsenheimer, 197319SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Africa
37 Species
Leucania (Acantholeucania) loreyi Duponchel, 1827Cosmopolitan
Leucania (Leucania) joannisi Boursin & Rungs, 1952
Leucania aenictopa Fletcher D. S., 1961
Leucania bertha Schaus & Cle..., 1893
Leucania curvula (Walker, 1856)⇒ Leucania loreyi Duponchel, 1827
Leucania duplicata Butler, 1889
Leucania fissifascia Hampson, 1907
Leucania humidicola Guenée, 1852Sugarcane Budworm Moth
Leucania inconspicua Herrich-Schä..., 1868Cutworm moth
Leucania insulicola Guenée, 1852
Leucania latiuscula (Herrich-Schä..., 1868)⇒ Leucania subpunctata Harvey, 1875
Leucania metasarca Hampson, 1907
Leucania miasticta Hampson, 1918
Leucania microgonia Hampson, 1905
Leucania phaea Hampson, 1902
Leucania pinna (Saalmüller, 1891)⇒ Vietteania pinna Saalmüller, 1891
Leucania prominens (Walker, 1856)⇒ Leucania duplicata Butler, 1889
Leucania punctulata Wallengren, 1856Cypress Sphinx
Mythimna (Hyphilare) pyrausta Hampson, 1913
Mythimna (Hyphilare) umbrigera Saalmuller, 1891
Mythimna (Hyphilare) usta Hampson, 1902
Mythimna (Morphopoliana) caelebs Grünberg, 1910
Mythimna (Morphopoliana) languida Walker, 1858
Mythimna (Morphopoliana) vilis Gaede, 1916
Mythimna (Prodigithymna) prominens Walker, 1856
Mythimna (Pseudaletia) unipuncta Haworth, 1809American armyworm
Mythimna aenictopa Fletcher, 1961
Mythimna atritorna Hampson, 1911
Mythimna brantsii Snellen, 1872
Mythimna flavalba Berio, 1970
Mythimna lunulata Gaede, 1916
Mythimna metasarca Hampson, 1907
Mythimna natalensis Butler, 1875
Mythimna panarista Fletcher, 1963
Mythimna provvisoria (Walker, 1856)⇒ Mythimna prominens Walker, 1856
Mythimna toumodi Laporte, 1978
Mythimna vuattouxi Laporte, 1973


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