Leptamma

Leptamma
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Leptamma
Gaede in Seitz, 1939
Species:
L. flexuosa
Binomial name
Leptamma flexuosa
(A. E. Prout, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Achaea flexuosa A. E. Prout, 1927
  • Leptamma flavalis Gaede, 1939

Leptamma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Max Gaede in 1939. Its only species, Leptamma flexuosa, was first described by Alice Ellen Prout in 1927. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon and São Tomé.