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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypenodinae |
| Genus: | Luceria Walker, 1859 |
Taxonomy
editThe genus has previously been classified in subfamily Strepsimaninae of the family Noctuidae.
Species
edit- Luceria albipupillata Holloway, 2008
- Luceria bakeri Holloway, 2008
- Luceria cooki Holloway, 1977
- Luceria emarginata D. S. Fletcher, 1961
- Luceria eurhipoides (Hampson, 1891)
- Luceria fletcheri Inoue, 1958
- Luceria icasta D. S. Fletcher, 1957
- Luceria jowettorum Holloway, 1982
- Luceria nigerrinalis (Fryer, 1912)
- Luceria novatusalis Walker, 1859
- Luceria oculalis (Moore, 1877)
- Luceria opiusalis Walker, 1859
- Luceria pallida (Hampson, 1891)
- Luceria pamphaea D. S. Fletcher, 1961
- Luceria striata Galsworthy, 1997
References
edit- ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Luceria Walker, 1859". Afromoths. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- Savela, Markku. "Luceria Walker, 1859". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
- Walker (1859). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 19: 853-854