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Tribe of moths

Leucomini
Leucoma salicis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Lymantriinae
Tribe: Leucomini
Grote, 1895

The Leucomini are a tribe of tussock moths of the family Erebidae.

Description

Moths of this tribe typically have a red color on the underside of the head and thorax and on the legs and have asymmetric genitalia.

Genera

The tribe includes the following genera:

References

  1. Holloway, J. D. "TRIBE LEUCOMINI n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  2. Wang, Houshuai; et al. (2 February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions". Cladistics. 31 (6): 579–592. doi:10.1111/cla.12108.
Taxon identifiers
Leucomini


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