Lecithocera Herrich-Schaffer 1853
Creators: name: Park, Kyu-Tek
name: Cho, Soowon
name: Bae, Yang-Seop
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lecithoceridae
Lecithocera

description: Genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
TS: Carcina luticornella Zeller, 1839.
Patouissa Walker, 1864: 820. TS: Patouissa dissonella Waller 1864.
Macrotona Meyrick, 1904: 405. TS: Macrotona sobria Meyrick 1904. Psammoris Meyrick, 1906: 149. TS: Psammoris carpaea Meyrick, 1906. Brachyerga Meyrick, 1925: 4. TS: Lecithocera hemiacma Meyrick, 1910. Periphorectis Meyrick, 1925: 11.TS: Lecithocera ichorodes Meyrick, 1910. Xanthocera Amsel, 1953: 425. TS: Lecithocera luticostella Turati, 1926. Leviptera Janse, 1954: 342–343.TS: Lecithocera lucernata Meyrick, 1915. Xanthocerodes Amsel, 1955: 60. TS: Lecithocera luticostella Turati, 1926. Parrhasastris Gozmány, 1972: 292. TS: Lectithocera phratriastis Meyrick, 1929. Quassitagma Gozmäny, 1978: 132. TS: Quassitagma indigens Meyrick, 1914. Recontracta Gozmäny, 1978: 148. TS: Recontracta frisilina Gozmäny, 1978. Nyctocyrma Gozmäny, 1978: 149. TS: Nyctocyrma fraudatrix Gozmäny, 1978. Galoxestis Wu, 1994: 136. TS: Galoxestis sarmenta Wu, 1994.
autodyas Meyrick, 1929: 525. Papua New Guinea TL: New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Type unknown.
biaroensis Park, 2102: 321. Papua New Guinea TL: Morobe, Papua New Guinea (PNG). [USNM]
Figs: Park (2012).
brachyptila Diakonoff, 1954: 50. Papua, Indonesia TL: Papua, Indonesia. [RMNH]
Figs: Diakonoff (1954), Park (2012).
brunneibella Park, 2012: 322. Papua New Guinea TL: Madang, Papua New Guinea. [USNM]
Figs: Park (2012).
ceratoides Park, 2012: 325. Papua New Guinea TL: Morobe, Papua New Guinea. [USNM]
Figs: Park (2012).
coleasta Meyrick, 1918; 103. Papua New Guinea TL: Sariba Is., Papua New Guinea. Type unknown.
deloma Durrant, 1915: 165. Papua, Indonesia TL: Mimika Riv., Papua, Indonesia. Type unknown.
fasciata Park, 2012: 71. Papua New Guinea TL: Papua New Guinea, Madang. [USNM]
Fig.: Park(2012).
fascitiala Park, 2012: 71. Papua New Guinea TL: Madang, Papua New Guinea. [USNM]
Figs: Park (2012).
gyrosiella Park, 2012: 323. Papua, Indonesia TL: Morobe, Papua New Guinea. [USNM]
Figs: Park (2012).
hispidiella Park, 2012: 323. Papua New Guinea TL: Morobe, Papua New Guinea. [USNM]
Figs: Park (2011).
inkyuleei Park, 2012: 322. Papua New Guinea TL: Morobe, Papua New Guinea. [USNM]
Figs: Park (2011).
lasioides Park, 2012: 325. Papua New Guinea TL: Morobe, Papua New Guinea. [USNM]
Figs: Park (2011).
megalosperma Diakonoff, 1954: 58. Papua, Indonesia TL: Papua, Indonesia. [RMNH]
Figs: Diakonoff (1954), Park (2012).
niptanensis Park, 2012: 71. Papua, Indonesia & Papua New Guinea TL: Morobe, Papua New Guinea. [USNM]
Figs: Park (2012).
nomaditis Meyrick, 1916: 594. Solomon Isl. TL: SW Pacific Isl.
porrectiella Park, 2012: 325. Papua New Guinea TL: Morobe, Papua New Guinea. [USNM]
Figs: Park (2011).
prudens Meyrick, 1918: 106. Papua, Indonesia TL: Setekwa Riv., Papua. Type unknown.
pseudolunata Park, 2012: 70. Papua, Indonesia & Papua New Guinea TL: Morobe, Papua New Guinea. [RMNH]
Figs: Park (2012).
purpurea Diakonoff, 1954: 50. Papua, Indonesia & Papua New Guinea TL: Mist Camp, Papua. [RMNH]
Figs: Diakonoff (1954), Park (2012).
sextacta Diakonoff, 1954: 56. Papua, Indonesia TL: Papua, Indonesia. [RMNH]
Fig.: Diakonoff (1954).
spinulata Park, 2012: 324. Papua New Guinea TL: Morobe, Papua New Guinea. [USNM]
Figs: Park (2012).
squamifera Meyrick, 1929: 525. Papua New Guinea TL: New Hanover, Papua New Guinea. Type unknown.
staurophora Meyrick, 1931: 81. Papua, Indonesia & Papua New Guinea TL: Mambare, Papua New Guinea. [NHM]
= strepsicrena Meyrick, 1931: 81.
= spinigera Diakonoff, 1954: 59.
Figs: Diakonoff (1954), Park (2012).
stelophanes Meyrick, 1938: 514. Papua New Guinea
TL: Mafulu, Papua New Guinea. [NHM]
Figs: Clarke (1965).
stichoides Park, 2011: 324. Papua New Guinea TL: Morobe, Papua New Guinea. [USNM]
Figs: Park (2012).
strigosa Durrant, 1915: 165. Papua, Indonesia TL: Mimika Riv., Papua, Indonesia. Type unknown.
sublunata Diakonoff, 1954: 60. Papua, Indonesia TL: Araucaria Camp, Papua, Indonesia. [RMNH]
Figs: Diakonoff (1954), Park (2012).
submersa Diakonoff, 1954: 59. Papua, Indonesia & Papua New Guinea TL: Mist Camp, Papua, Indonesia. [RMNH]
Figs: Diakonoff (1954), Park (2012).
description: Published as part of Park, Kyu-Tek, Cho, Soowon & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2016, Review of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) in the Oceanian Region, with description of a new species and a checklist of the family, pp. 143-161 in Zootaxa 4147 (2) on pages 149-151, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/254889