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Leto
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.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... Ornithologiae
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1610 · p.992
Museum of the Royal Society
Nehemiah Grew · 1681 · p.468
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion
James George Frazer · 1890 · p.1
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.571
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... Ornithologiae
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1610 · p.316
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.759
Ornithology: The History of Birds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.154
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.678
Ornithologiae: de avibus historiae libri XII
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.617
A voyage to the islands Madera Barbados Jamaica Vol. 1
Hans Sloane · 1707 · p.565
August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof — Historia naturalis ranarum nostratium (1758)
August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof · 1758 · p.215
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.213
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 552533.