Lichenaula | |
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Lichenaula tuberculata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Lichenaula Meyrick, 1890 |
Species | |
About 30 species; see text for details. | |
Synonyms | |
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Lichenaula is a genus of Australian moth of the family Xyloryctidae. [1]
The genus was first published by amateur entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1890.
Ardozyga is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.
Philenora is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Rudolph Rosenstock in 1885.
Scaptesyle is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Francis Walker in 1854.
Thallarcha is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.
Scoparia is a grass moth genus of subfamily Scopariinae. Some authors have assigned the synonymous taxon Sineudonia to the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.
Macrobathra is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. Most species are endemic to Australia.
Tirathaba is a genus of moths of the family Pyralidae described by Francis Walker in 1864.
Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wingspan of up to 66 mm, making them giants among the micromoths.
Agriophara is a genus of moths in the subfamily Stenomatinae. The genus was erected by Rudolph Rosenstock in 1885.
Cryptophasa is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.
Plectophila is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae.
Eupselia is a moth genus of the family Depressariidae.