Leucania comma

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Noctuidae

'The Noctuids are members of the Superfamily Noctuoidea. Worldwide in distribution, this family is the largest in the Lepidoptera and has approximately 20,000 species. About 2,900 of these are found in North America, and there is wide variation in appearance and behavior. Most moths are gray to brown in color and have line or spots on their wings . Some species are brightly colored . They are small to large in size, and most species are medium-sized with wingspans 2 - 4.5 cm. When at rest, adults of most species hold their wings above their bodies like a roof. Noctuids are typically nocturnal , though some species are diurnal . Most larvae feed on plant foliage , dead leaves, lichens, and fungi; many are serious forest pests. Some species are leaf miners, others are stem- or leaf-borers, and still others feed at night on plant shoots. Noctuid moths pupate in cells in soil, in plant cavities, or in silk cocoons .

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Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[2]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Leucania

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. adjuta (Adjutant Wainscot) · L. anteroclera (Leucania Anteroclera) · L. calidior (Leucania Calidior) · L. comma (Leucania Comma) · L. commoides (Leucania Commoides) · L. extincta (Leucania Extincta) · L. farcta (Leucania Farcta) · L. februalis (Leucania Februalis) · L. formosana (Rren in Seitz) · L. imperfecta (Leucania Imperfecta) · L. incognita (Leucania Incognita) · L. inermis (Unarmed Wainscot) · L. infatuans (Leucania Infatuans) · L. insueta (Leucania Insueta) · L. lapidaria (Leucania Lapidaria) · L. latiuscula (Leucania Latiuscula) · L. linda (Leucania Linda) · L. linita (Leucania Linita) · L. multilinea (Many-Lined Wainscot) · L. oaxacana (Leucania Oaxacana) · L. perstrigata (Leucania Perstrigata) · L. phragmitidicola (Phragmites Wainscot) · L. pilipalpis (Leucania Pilipalpis) · L. pseudargyria (False Wainscot) · L. scirpicola (Scirpus Wainscot) · L. sp. (Leucania Sp.) · L. stolata (Leucania Stolata) · L. subpunctata (Leucania Subpunctata) · L. ursula (Ursula Wainscot)

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Further Reading

• A descriptive catalogue of the Dobree collection of European Noctuae / compiled by Horace B. Browne. Hull, England; A. Browne & Sons, 1909. url p. 17.
• A handbook of British Lepidoptera, by Edward Meyrick. London, Macmillan, 1895. url p. 69.
• A natural history of British moths. .. / by the Rev. F.O. Morris. London: H. E. Knox, 1871. url p. 84.
• A survey and record of Woolwich and West Kent containing descriptions and records, brought up-to-date, of geology, botany, zoology, archaeology and industries of the district, with a brief photographic commentary, in commemoration of the 12th Ann General editors, C.H. Grinling, T.A. Ingram [and] B.C. Polkinghorne. Woolwich: Labour Representation Print. Co., 1909. url p. 349.
• Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 25 1903 Helsinki: Societas, 1875-1980. url p. 18, p. 20, p. 30.
• Annual report / Albany: University of the State of New York, 1902-1918. url p. 91.
• Annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects of the State of Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo.: Ellwood Kirby, 1869-1877. url , p. 43.
• Annual reports and proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. url p. 74.
• British and European butterflies and moths (Macrolepidoptera). By A. W. Kappel. .. and W. Egmont Kirby. .. With thirty coloured plates by H. Deuchert and S. Slocombe. Printed in [Nuremberg] Bavaria. London, E. Nister;[1895] url p. 131.
• British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances By John Curtis. London, Printed for the author, 1823-40. url .
• British moths and their transformations. London: W. Smith, 1843-45. url , p. 216, p. 218.
• Bulletin of miscellaneous information. Additional Series. Royal Gardens, Kew. 5 1906 [Kew, Surrey: Royal Botanic Gardens], 1898-1936; url p. 38.
• Butterflies and moths of Newfoundland and Labrador: the macrolepidoptera / [Ottawa]: Agriculture Canada, 1980. url p. 138, p. 283, p. 336.
• Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) Comp. by the Royal society of London. Cambridge, C. J. Clay and sons, 1867-1902; url p. 496.
• Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. url p. 496.
• Fauna, flora & geology of the Clyde area, ed. by G.F. Scott Elliot, Malcolm Laurie and J. Barclay Murdoch. Glasgow, Pub. by the local committee for the meeting of the British Association, 1901. url p. 226.
• First[-ninth] annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects, of the state of Missouri, made to the State board of agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose from the Legislature of the state. By Charles V. Riley, state entomologist. Jefferson City, Mo., 1869-77. url , p. 43.
• Larva collecting and breeding: a handbook to the larvae of the British Macro-Lepidoptera and their food plants: both in nature and in confinement, with authorities / by J. Seymour St. John. London: W. Wesley, 1890 url p. 121, p. 27.
• List of Yorkshire Lepidoptera. [By] George T. Porritt. .. London, A. Brown & Sons, ltd., 1904. url p. 71.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 16, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2604460
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-256117.0
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13537041
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 188865
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 409849

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=34&sci=Noctuidae&com=Owlet Moths, Miller Moths [back]
2. Mean = 1,207.440 meters (3,961.417 feet), Standard Deviation = 842.170 based on 896 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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