Leucania is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. Description Palpi obliquely upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled, and prominent, short, naked and depressed third joint. The proboscis is well developed. Its eyes are hairy. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Head not deeply retracted into the thorax, which is smoothly scaled. Abdomen with scarcely a trace of dorsal tufts on basal segments. Tibia and tarsi with short hairs. Forewings with vein 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) to form the areole. Vein 7 being given off from the end of it. Vein 10 before the end. Species Leucania abdominalis (Walker, 1856) Leucania acrapex (Hampson, 1905) Leucania adjuta (Grote, 1874) Leucania aedesiusi (Rougeot & Laporte, 1983) Leucania agnata (Draudt, 1950) Leucania albifasciata (Hampson, 1905) Leucania albimacula (Gaede, 1916) Leucania albistigma Moore, 1881 Leucania albistriga Maassen, 1890 Leucania alboradiata (Hampson, 1905) Leucania alopa Meyrick, 1887 Leucania amens Guenée, 1852 Leucania anteroclara Smith, 1902 Leucania apparata Wallengren, 1875 Leucania arcupunctata Maassen, 1890 Leucania argyrina (Laporte, 1984) Leucania atrifera (Hampson, 1905) Leucania atrimacula Hampson, 1902 Leucania atrinota (Hampson, 1905) Leucania atrisignata (Hampson, 1918) Leucania atritorna (Hampson, 1911) Leucania badia Maassen, 1890 Leucania basilinea Swinhoe, 1890 Leucania baziyae Möschler, 1883 Leucania biforis (Draudt, 1924) Leucania bilinea Maassen, 1890 Leucania bilineata (Hampson, 1905) Leucania bisetulata (Berio, 1940) Leucania brantsii Snellen, 1872 Leucania calidior (Forbes, 1936) Leucania canariensis Rebel, 1894 Leucania carminata (Hampson, 1918) Leucania carnea (Draudt, 1924) Leucania carneotincta (Kenrick, 1917) Leucania celebensis (Tams, 1935) Leucania chejela (Schaus, 1921) Leucania chilensis Butler, 1882 Leucania cholica (Dyar, 1919) Leucania cinereicollis Walker, 1858 Leucania clara (Draudt, 1924) Leucania clarescens Möschler, 1890 Leucania clavifera (Hampson, 1907) Leucania comma (Linnaeus, 1761) – shoulder-striped wainscot Leucania commoides Guenée, 1852 Leucania confluens (Bethune-Baker, 1909) Leucania confundens Walker, 1858 Leucania continentalis Berio, 1962 Leucania cooperi (Schaus, 1923) Leucania corrugata Hampson, 1894 Leucania cruegeri Butler, 1886 Leucania cupreata (Hampson, 1905) Leucania curvilinea Hampson, 1891 Leucania cyprium (Laporte, 1984) Leucania dasycnema (Turner, 1912) Leucania dia (Grote, 1879) Leucania diagramma Bethune-Baker, 1905 Leucania diatrecta Butler, 1886 Leucania diopis (Hampson, 1905) Leucania dorsalis Walker, 1856 Leucania ebriosa Guenée, 1852 Leucania erecta Hreblay, 1999 Leucania exclamans Berio, 1973 Leucania extincta Guenée, 1852 Leucania eyre (Schaus, 1938) Leucania ezrami (Schaus, 1938) Leucania fagani (Schaus, 1938) Leucania falklandica Butler, 1893 Leucania farcta (Grote, 1881) Leucania fasilidasi (Laporte, 1984) Leucania februalis (Hill, 1924) Leucania ficta Walker, 1866 Leucania fissifascia (Hampson, 1907) Leucania fiyu