Lichenaula

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Lichenaula
Lichenaula tuberculata.jpg
Lichenaula tuberculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Lichenaula
Meyrick, 1890
Species

About 30 species; see text for details.

Synonyms
  • PolynesaTurner, 1898

Lichenaula is a genus of Australian moth of the family Xyloryctidae. [1]

The genus was first published by amateur entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1890.

Species

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