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Leucanopsis longa

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ13398917 ↗
Source-derived summary

Leucanopsis longa, the long-streaked tussock moth or long-streaked halisidota, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1880. It is found from North Carolina to Florida and west along the coast to eastern Texas. The habitat consists of marshes and wet sedge meadows.

References

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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The public source identifies “Leucanopsis longa” as species of insect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Leucanopsis, longa and species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1880—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Leucanopsis, longa and species providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13398917. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1880.

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This entry incorporates text from “Leucanopsis longa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.