Picardia

Picardia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Tribe:	Oidaematophorini
Genus:	Picardia ; Gibeaux, 1994
Type species
	Pterophorus imerinae ; Bigot, 1964

Last updated December 30, 2025

Picardia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The type species is Pterophorus imerinae by original designation, now a synonym of Picardia orchatias.^[1]

Species

As of 2023^[update], there are 13 species in this genus:

Picardia andreikante Kovtunovich, Ustjuzhanin, Pototski & Haverinen, 2023^[2]
Picardia bassi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2022^[1]
Picardia betsileo Gibeaux, 1994^[1]
Picardia bunga Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2022^[1]
Picardia delospilus (Meyrick, 1921)^[1]
Picardia eparches (Meyrick, 1931)^[1]
Picardia leza Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014^[1]
Picardia negus (Gibeaux, 1994)^[1]
Picardia orchatias (Meyrick, 1908)^[1]
Picardia raymondi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014^[1]
Picardia ruwenzoricus (Gielis, 1991)^[1]
Picardia tropeki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2022^[1]
Picardia tumbuka Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya; Kovtunovich, Vasily N.; Streltzov, Alexander N. (2 March 2022). "Overview of the species of the genus Picardia Gibeaux, 1994 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) in the world fauna, with description of new species". Ecologica Montenegrina. 52: 12–23. doi:10.37828/em.2022.52.2. ISSN 2336-9744.
↑ Kovtunovich, Vasyly; Ustjuzhanin, Petr; Pototski, Aleksander; Haverinen, Risto (2023-05-27). "To the plume moths fauna (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Kenya". Ecologica Montenegrina. 62: 127–138. doi:10.37828/em.2023.62.17. ISSN 2336-9744.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya; Kovtunovich, Vasily N.; Streltzov, Alexander N. (2 March 2022). "Overview of the species of the genus Picardia Gibeaux, 1994 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) in the world fauna, with description of new species". Ecologica Montenegrina. 52: 12–23. doi:10.37828/em.2022.52.2. ISSN 2336-9744.

[2] Kovtunovich, Vasyly; Ustjuzhanin, Petr; Pototski, Aleksander; Haverinen, Risto (2023-05-27). "To the plume moths fauna (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Kenya". Ecologica Montenegrina. 62: 127–138. doi:10.37828/em.2023.62.17. ISSN 2336-9744.

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