Leucomonia

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Leucomonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Sphingini
Genus: Leucomonia
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
L. bethia
Binomial name
Leucomonia bethia
(Kirby, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diludia bethia Kirby, 1877
  • Meganoton distinctum Rothschild, 1894

Leucomonia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Leucomonia bethia, which is known from New South Wales and Queensland.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Clerodendrum floribundum.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ "Australian Insects". Australian Insects. 2006-09-13. Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2011-11-01.