| 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 |