Leucoma

Leucoma
Leucoma salicis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Leucomini
Genus:	Leucoma Hübner, 1822
Synonyms
Laria Schrank, 1802 Stilpnotia Westwood, 1843 Leucosia Rambur, 1866 Nymphyxis Grote, 1895 Charala Moore, 1884 Candidata Toxopeus, 1948

Leucoma is a genus of tussock moths in the Erebidae family.

Species

• Leucoma albina Plötz, 1880
• Leucoma aneuphrix Collenette, 1960
• Leucoma aristera Collenette, 1960
• Leucoma atripalpia (Hampson, 1910)
• Leucoma bicolorata Holloway, 1999
• Leucoma chrysoscela (Collenette, 1934)
• Leucoma clara (Walker, 1865)
• Leucoma cryptadia Collenette, 1938
• Leucoma dexitera Collenette, 1960
• Leucoma dicella Collenette, 1960
• Leucoma euphrix Collenette, 1960
• Leucoma flavifrons (Hampson, 1910)
• Leucoma flavosulphurea Erschoff, 1872
• Leucoma fletcheri Collenette, 1958
• Leucoma impressa Snellen, 1877
• Leucoma lechrisemata Collenette, 1959
• Leucoma lirioessa Collenette, 1960
• Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855)
• Leucoma melanoscela (Collenette, 1934)
• Leucoma nigrolineata Bethune-Baker, 1927
• Leucoma nitida Swinhoe, 1903
• Leucoma niveata (Walker, 1865)
• Leucoma ochripes (Moore, 1879)
• Leucoma ochropoda (Eversmann, 1847)
• Leucoma ogovensis (Holland, 1893)
• Leucoma parallela (Collenette, 1934)
• Leucoma parva Plötz, 1889
• Leucoma purissima (Hering, 1926)
• Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Satin Moth
• Leucoma sartus (Erschoff, 1874)
• Leucoma sericea (Moore, 1879)
• Leucoma sevastopuloi Collenette, 1955
• Leucoma subargentea Felder, 1861
• Leucoma surtur (A. Bang-Haas, 1912)
• Leucoma wiltshirei Collenette, 1938
• Leucoma xanthocephala (Hering, 1926)
• Leucoma xanthosoma (Holland, 1893)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

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