Lerina (moth)
| Lerina incarnata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Phaegopterina |
| Genus: | Lerina Walker, 1854 |
| Species: | L. incarnata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lerina incarnata Walker, 1854 | |
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Lerina is a genus of arctiine tussock moths in the Erebidae family. The genus contains only one species, Lerina incarnata, the Crimson-bodied Lichen Moth, which is found in Mexico[1] and southern Arizona.[2]
The wings are metallic bluish green. The head, thorax and abdomen are thickly clothed with crimson hairs, the thorax with a black dorsal stripe. The palpi, proboscis, antennae and legs are black.[3]
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