Lerina incarnata Walker, 1854 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Lerina incarnata Walker, 1854
Lerina is a monotypic Erebidae moth genus with its only species, the crimson-bodied lichen moth, found in Mexico and southern Arizona.
Lerina is a monotypic moth genus that belongs to the family Erebidae, meaning it contains only one species. That single species is Lerina incarnata, commonly called the crimson-bodied lichen moth. This species is distributed in Mexico and southern Arizona. Both the genus Lerina and the species Lerina incarnata were first described by Francis Walker in 1854.
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Parallelia expediens Walker, 1858
Haploa confusa Lyman, 1887
Drasteria fumosa Strecker, 1898
Zurobata vacillans (Walker, 1864)
Simplicia cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)
Episparis liturata Fabricius, 1787
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