Biology:Lecithocera

Short description: Genus of moths in family Lecithoceridae

Lecithocera
Lecithocera tenella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Subfamily:	Lecithocerinae
Genus:	Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
Synonyms
Andusia Walker, 1866 Brachyerga Meyrick, 1925 Celetodes Meyrick, 1921 Leviptera Janse, 1954 Macrotona Meyrick, 1904 Nyctocyrma Gozmány, 1978 Parrhasastris Gozmány, 1972 Patouissa Walker, 1864 Periphorectis Meyrick, 1925 Psammoris Meyrick, 1906 Quassitagma Gozmány, 1978 Recontracta Gozmány, 1978 Sarisophora Meyrick, 1904 disputed Siovata Walker, 1866 Syntetarca Gozmány, 1978 Tirasia Walker, 1864 Tiriza Walker, 1864 Titana Walker, 1864 Xanthocera Amsel, 1953 Xanthocerodes Amsel, 1955

Lecithocera is a genus of moths in the lecithocerid subfamily Lecithocerinae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.

Further reading

• Brown, J.W.; D. Adamski; R.W. Hodges & S.M. Bahr, 2004: Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Zootaxa 510: 1–160. [1]
• Gozmány, L. & W. Mey, 2005: Eine neue Art der Familie Lecithoceridae aus der Türkei (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 49: 127–128.
• Park, K.-t. 1999: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) of Taiwan (I): Subfamily Lecithocerinae: Genera Homaloxestis Meyrick and Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer. Zoological studies, 38 (2): 238–256. PDF.
• Park, K. T. 2005: Genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer of Thailand (I): Descriptions of Three New Species (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 8 (3): 233–237.
• Park, K.-t. 2006: Genus Lecithocera of Thailand (II) Descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae). Tinea, 19 (2): 98-103.
• Park, K.-t. 2006: Genus Lecithocera of Thailand (III): New records of five species of the genus (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae). Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology, 9 (4): 313–316.
• Park, K.-t. 2009: Genus Lecithocera of Thailand. Part IV. Descriptions of three new species and notes on a little known species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae). Zootaxa, 2208: 58–64. Abstract & excerpt.
• Park, K. T., 2012: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part VI: Lecithocera sublunata species complex. Entomological Science 15 (1): 68–73. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2011.00462.x.
• Park, K. T., 2012: Lecithoceridae (Gelechioidea, Lepidoptera) of New Guinea, Part X: Review of the genus Lecithocera with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 15 (2): 313–327.
• Park, K. T., 2012: Lecithoceridae (Gelechioidea, Lepidoptera) of New Guinea Part X: Review of the genus Sarisophora, with descriptions of seven new species. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 22 (1): 8-15.
• Park, K.-T.; J.B. Heppner & Y.-S. Bae, 2013: Two new species of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea), with a revised check list of the family in Taiwan. ZooKeys 263: 47–57. Abstract and full article: doi:10.3897/zookeys.263.3781.
• Park, K. T. & S.M. Lee, 1999: A review of the Lecithocerinae and Torodorinae (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) in Korea. Insecta Koreana 16 (2): 119–129.
• Park, K. T. & C.-S. Wu, 2010: Genus Lecithocera of Thailand Part V, with reports of nine species including six new species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 20 (2): 62–70.
• Wu, C.-s. & Y.-q. Liu, 1993: A study of the Chinese Lecithocera Herrich-Schaffer, 1853 and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera:Lecithoceridae). Sinozoologia 10: 319–345. Full article: [2].
• Wu, C.-S. & K.-T. Park, 1999: Taxonomic review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) in Sri Lanka IV.The subfamily Lecithocerinae: genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer and its allies. Insecta Koreana 16 (1): 1-14.

External links

• Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Lecithoceridae". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Lecithoceridae&sort=GENUS. 

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