Lucasidia

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Lucasidia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lucasidia
Boursin, 1937
Species:
L. phenax
Binomial name
Lucasidia phenax
Boursin, 1937

Lucasidia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Lucasidia phenax, is found in Morocco. Both the genus and species were first described by Charles Boursin in 1937. [1] [2] [3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lucasidia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved November 4, 2020. Note: This source gives 1936 as the year of description, but the image of the card for the genus has the year 1937.
  2. Savela, Markku (June 2, 2019). "Lucasidia Boursin, 1937". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Lucasidia Boursin, 1936". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved November 4, 2020. Note: This source gives 1936 as the year of description.