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Leucania Boisduval, 1828

Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Hadeninae (subfamily)/  Leucaniini (tribe)/  Mythimna (genus)/  Leucania (subgenus)/ 
Status:Misapplied , the accepted name is Aletia
Authorship:Boisduval, 1828
Citation:Leucania
Taxon remarks:Type species: Phalaena pallens Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae (Edition 10), 1: 510. By subsequent designation by Duponchel , 1829. Hist. nat. Lépid. Papillons Fr. 7(2): 72. A junior homonym of Leucania Ochsenheimer, 1816 [Lepidoptera].
Publication:Boisduval J. B. A. 1828. Europaeorum Lepidopterorum Index Methodicus. Pars 1. Sistens genera Papilio, Sphinx, Bombyx et Noctua Lin.
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Pagination:82