Leto | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Leto Hübner, 1820 |
Species: | L. venus
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Binomial name | |
Leto venus | |
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Leto is a monotypic moth genus of the family Hepialidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The only described species is Leto venus, described by Pieter Cramer in 1780, which is endemic to South Africa. The larval food plant is Virgilia.