Leto venus (Cramer, 1780) is a animal in the Hepialidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Leto venus (Cramer, 1780)
Leto is a monotypic Hepialidae moth genus with its only endemic South African species Leto venus, whose larvae feed on Virgilia.
Leto is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Hepialidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The only described species in this genus is Leto venus, which was originally described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. This species is endemic to South Africa, and its larval food plant is Virgilia.
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