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