Luceria (moth)

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Luceria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypenodinae
Genus: Luceria
Walker, 1859

Luceria is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. [1] This genus is found in southern Asia, Australia, on several Pacific islands and a few species also in Africa.

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Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in subfamily Strepsimaninae of the family Noctuidae.

Species

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References

  1. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x .