Lecithocera
Lecithocera tenella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Subfamily: Lecithocerinae
Genus: Lecithocera
Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
Synonyms
  • Andusia Walker, 1866
  • Brachyerga Meyrick, 1925
  • Celetodes Meyrick, 1921
  • Leviptera Janse, 1954
  • Macrotona Meyrick, 1904
  • Nyctocyrma Gozmány, 1978
  • Parrhasastris Gozmány, 1972
  • Patouissa Walker, 1864
  • Periphorectis Meyrick, 1925
  • Psammoris Meyrick, 1906
  • Quassitagma Gozmány, 1978
  • Recontracta Gozmány, 1978
  • Sarisophora Meyrick, 1904 disputed
  • Siovata Walker, 1866
  • Syntetarca Gozmány, 1978
  • Tirasia Walker, 1864
  • Tiriza Walker, 1864
  • Titana Walker, 1864
  • Xanthocera Amsel, 1953
  • Xanthocerodes Amsel, 1955

Lecithocera is a genus of moths in the lecithocerid subfamily Lecithocerinae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.[1][2]

Species

Former species

References

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  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Brown, Richard. "Lecithoceridae Genera of the World". Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

Further reading

  • Brown, J.W.; D. Adamski; R.W. Hodges & S.M. Bahr, 2004: Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Zootaxa 510: 1–160.
  • Gozmány, L. & W. Mey, 2005: Eine neue Art der Familie Lecithoceridae aus der Türkei (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 49: 127–128.
  • Park, K.-t. 1999: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) of Taiwan (I): Subfamily Lecithocerinae: Genera Homaloxestis Meyrick and Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer. Zoological studies, 38 (2): 238–256. PDF.
  • Park, K. T. 2005: Genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer of Thailand (I): Descriptions of Three New Species (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 8 (3): 233–237.
  • Park, K.-t. 2006: Genus Lecithocera of Thailand (II) Descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae). Tinea, 19 (2): 98-103.
  • Park, K.-t. 2006: Genus Lecithocera of Thailand (III): New records of five species of the genus (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae). Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology, 9 (4): 313–316.
  • Park, K.-t. 2009: Genus Lecithocera of Thailand. Part IV. Descriptions of three new species and notes on a little known species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae). Zootaxa, 2208: 58–64. Abstract & excerpt.
  • Park, K. T., 2012: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part VI: Lecithocera sublunata species complex. Entomological Science 15 (1): 68–73. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2011.00462.x.
  • Park, K. T., 2012: Lecithoceridae (Gelechioidea, Lepidoptera) of New Guinea, Part X: Review of the genus Lecithocera with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 15 (2): 313–327.
  • Park, K. T., 2012: Lecithoceridae (Gelechioidea, Lepidoptera) of New Guinea Part X: Review of the genus Sarisophora, with descriptions of seven new species. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 22 (1): 8-15.
  • Park, K.-T.; J.B. Heppner & Y.-S. Bae, 2013: Two new species of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea), with a revised check list of the family in Taiwan. ZooKeys 263: 47–57. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.263.3781.
  • Park, K. T. & S.M. Lee, 1999: A review of the Lecithocerinae and Torodorinae (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) in Korea. Insecta Koreana 16 (2): 119–129.
  • Park, K. T. & C.-S. Wu, 2010: Genus Lecithocera of Thailand Part V, with reports of nine species including six new species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 20 (2): 62–70.
  • Wu, C.-s. & Y.-q. Liu, 1993: A study of the Chinese Lecithocera Herrich-Schaffer, 1853 and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera:Lecithoceridae). Sinozoologia 10: 319–345. Full article: .
  • Wu, C.-S. & K.-T. Park, 1999: Taxonomic review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) in Sri Lanka IV.The subfamily Lecithocerinae: genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer and its allies. Insecta Koreana 16 (1): 1-14.
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