Euleechia
genus of moths
Euleechia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae erected by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1900.
Species
Euleechia bieti (Oberthür, 1883)
Euleechia miranda (Oberthür, 1894)
Euleechia pratti (Leech, 1890)
References
Draeseke, J., 1926: Die Schmetterlinge der Stötznerschen Ausbeute, Phalaenae, Nachtfalter. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 40: 44-55, Dresden.
Dyar, H. G., 1900: Change of preoccupied names. The Canadian Entomologist 32 (11): 347, Ottawa.
Kôda, N. & Kishida, Y., 1995: Systematic position of genus Nikaeoides Matsumura (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Academia Humanities, Social Science (62): 179-183, Nansan University, Nagoya.
Leech, J. H., 1899: Lepidoptera Heterocera from Northern China, Japan, and Corea. Part II. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 99-215, London.
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