Biology:Leto venus

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Short description: Species of moth


Leto
CramerAndStoll-uitlandsche kapellen vol. 3- pl 286.jpg
Illustration in Uitlandsche kapellen
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Leto
Hübner, 1820
Species:
L. venus
Binomial name
Leto venus
(Cramer, 1780)[1]
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Ecto Pagenstecher, 1909

Species:

  • Phalaena venus Cramer, 1780

Leto is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The only described species is Leto venus, described by Pieter Cramer in 1780, which is endemic to South Africa . The larval food plant is Virgilia.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6533460 entry