Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Erebidae

Subfamily

Lymantriinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Leucoma Hübner, 1822

Type Species

Phalaena salicis Linnaeus, 1758

= Laria Schrank, 1802: 150 (TS: Phalaena salicis Linnaeus, 1758: 340). Laria Schrank is a junior homonym of Laria Scopoli, 1763: 21 (Coleoptera). The objective replacement name is Leucoma.
= Stilpnotia Westwood, in Humphreys & Westwood, 1843: 90 (TS: Phalaena salicis Linnaeus, 1758: 502). A junior objective synonym of Leucoma.
= Leucosia Rambur, 1866: 266 (TS: Phalaena salicis Linnaeus, 1758: 502). Leucosia Rambur is a junior homonym of Leucosia Weber, 1795: 92 (Crustacea). The objective replacement name is Leucoma.
= Nymphyxis Grote, 1895: [4] (TS: Phalaena salicis Linnaeus, 1758: 502)
= Charala Moore, 1884: 359 (TS: Stilpnotia sericea Moore, 1879: 45)
= Candidata Toxopeus, 1948: 453 (TS: Leucoma subargentea Felder, 1861: 32)

Species/Subspecies

Leucoma sericea Moore, 1879 (Stilpnotia)

Type Locality

Sikkim

= Caviria avolaensis Bethune-Baker, 1916: 382 (TL: New Guinea)
= Caviria sericea horridula Collenette, 1934: 114 (TL: Chekiang, China)
= Leucoma loda Collenette, 1947: 5 (TL: Sulawesi)
= Leucoma sericea tafa Collenette, 1951: 1026 (TL: Papua)

Remarks

Roychoudhury et al. (2012) errornously reported Caviria sericea F & R, 1862 from Madhya Pradesh, India. Caviria Walker is restricted to New World. Probably, the authors misidentified Leucoma sericea (Moore, 1879).

Distribution

Specific Records

Mussoorie, Kashmir

States/Union Territories

Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya

Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

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