Leucanella Explained

Leucanella is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Claude Lemaire in 1969.^[1]

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Leucanella acutissima (Walker, 1865)
• Leucanella anikae Meister & Brechlin, 2002
• Leucanella apollinairei (Dognin, 1923)
• Leucanella aspera (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Leucanella atahualpa Meister & Naumann, 2006
• Leucanella bivius (Bouvier, 1927)
• Leucanella contei (Lemaire, 1967)
• Leucanella contempta (Lemaire, 1967)
• Leucanella flammans (Schaus, 1900)
• Leucanella fusca (Walker, 1855)
• Leucanella gibbosa (Conte, 1906)
• Leucanella heisleri (E. D. Jones, 1908)
• Leucanella hosmera (Schaus, 1941)
• Leucanella janeira (Westwood, 1854)
• Leucanella lama (Berg, 1883)
• Leucanella leucane (Geyer, 1837)
• Leucanella lynx (Bouvier, 1930)
• Leucanella maasseni (Moeschler, 1872)
• Leucanella memusae (Walker, 1855)
• Leucanella memusoides Lemaire, 1973
• Leucanella muelleri (Draudt, 1929)
• Leucanella newmani (Lemaire, 1967)
• Leucanella nyctimene (Latreille, 1832)
• Leucanella saturata (Walker, 1855)
• Leucanella stuarti (W. Rothschild & Jordan, 1901)
• Leucanella viettei (Lemaire, 1967)
• Leucanella viridescens (Walker, 1855)
• Leucanella yungasensis Meister & Naumann, 2006

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rougerie . R. . Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists . amp . 2009 . Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World . Lepidoptera Barcode of Life.