Belciana
Encyclopedia
Belciana is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
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...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Belciana bicolor Wileman & West, 1929
- Belciana biformis (Walker, 1858)
- Belciana caerulea Hampson, 1926
- Belciana euchlora Hampson, 1926
- Belciana habroscia Prout, 1924
- Belciana kala Prout, 1924
- Belciana kenricki (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
- Belciana particolor Prout, 1924
- Belciana prasina (Swinhoe, 1903)
- Belciana pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
- Belciana serrata (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
- Belciana sophronia Prout, 1924
- Belciana staudingeri (Leech, 1900)
- Belciana subserrata Prout, 1924