Biology:Lenisa

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Short description: Genus of moths

Lenisa
Archanara geminipuncta.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Xyleninae
Genus: Lenisa
Fibiger, Zilli & Ronkay, 2005
Species:
L. geminipuncta
Binomial name
Lenisa geminipuncta
(Haworth, 1809)

Lenisa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Michael Fibiger, Alberto Zilli and László Aladár Ronkay in 2005. Its only species, Lenisa geminipuncta, was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found in southern and central Europe, Lebanon, Israel, Turkey, Iraq and in the Caucasus. Some authors place this genus name as a synonym Archanara, and the species as Archanara geminipuncta.[1][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2842944 entry