Euleechia
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Euleechia is a genus
of moth
in the family Arctiidae
. It consists of the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
. It consists of the following species:
- Euleechia arisana (Matsumura, 1911)
- Euleechia bieti (Oberthür, 1883)
- Euleechia pratti (Leech, 1890)
- Euleechia miranda (Oberthür, 1894)