Luma (moth)

Luma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Luma Walker, 1863 [1]
Type species
Luma anticalis Walker, 1863 [2]
Synonyms
LoxocorysMeyrick, 1894 PelenaMoore, 1886 PelinaHampson, 1897 PetenaNeave, 1940

Luma is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was first discovered by Francis Walker in 1863.

Species

• Luma albifascialis Hampson, 1897
• Luma anticalis Walker, 1863
• Luma flavalis Hampson, 1893
• Luma flavimarginalis Hampson, 1907
• Luma holoxantha Hampson, 1907
• Luma longidentalis Hampson, 1903
• Luma macropsalis Hampson, 1897
• Luma obscuralis (Swinhoe, 1895)
• Luma trimaculata Hampson, 1897
• Luma unicolor (Moore, 1886)

Former species

• Loxocorys sericea(Butler, 1879) ^[3]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Luma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 27 November 2012.
2. Luma at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
3. Matsui, Yuki; Mally, Richard; Kohama, Sari; Aoki, Itsuzai; Azuma, Masaaki; Naka, Hideshi (2022). "Molecular phylogenetics and tribal classification of Japanese Pyraustinae and Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)" . Insect Systematics & Evolution. 54: 77–106. doi:10.1163/1876312X-bja10037. S2CID   251511500.

External links

• Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p.  121 . Retrieved 27 November 2012.
• Savela, Markku. "Luma Walker, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 19, 2018.