Limnaecia melanoma

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Limnaecia melanoma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Limnaecia
Species:
L. melanoma
Binomial name
Limnaecia melanoma
(Lower, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Ptilochares melanomaLower, 1897 [1]

Limnaecia melanoma is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria. [2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm (0.87 in). The forewings white and the hindwings are fuscous. [3]

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<i>Limnaecia</i> Genus of moths

Limnaecia is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.

Limnaecia callimitris is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.

<i>Limnaecia camptosema</i> Species of moth

Limnaecia camptosema is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.

Limnaecia charactis is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia.

Limnaecia cirrhosema is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia.

Limnaecia lunacrescens is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1901 and is from Australia.

Limnaecia elaphropa is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia.

Limnaecia stenosticha is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Australia.

Limnaecia heterozona is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia.

Limnaecia loxoscia is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.

Limnaecia platyochra is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia.

Limnaecia platyscia is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia.

Limnaecia polycydista is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia.

Limnaecia iriastis is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia.

Limnaecia isozona is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Limnaecia leptomeris is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Limnaecia tetraplanetis is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia and New Guinea.

Limnaecia trisema is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.

Limnaecia triplaneta is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia.

Limnaecia monoxantha is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Australia.

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Limnaecia". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 14 August 2020– via FUNET.
  2. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
  3. ↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales


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