''Lyonetia'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Lyonetiidae
Lyonetiidae is a family of moths with around 200 described species. These are small, slender moths, the wingspan rarely exceeding 1 cm. The very narrow forewings, held folded backwards covering the hindwings and abdomen, often have pointed G ...
.
Species
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Lyonetia alniella''
Chambers, 1875
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Lyonetia anthemopa''
Meyrick, 1936
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Lyonetia bakuchia''
Kuroko, 1964
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Lyonetia boehmeriella''
Kuroko, 1964
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Lyonetia boraginaceae''
Ghesquière, 1940 (
Congo)
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Lyonetia candida''
Braun, 1916
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Lyonetia carcinota''
Meyrick, 1910 (
Mauritius
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)
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Lyonetia castaneella''
Kuroko, 1964
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Lyonetia clerkella''
(Linnaeus, 1758) – apple leaf miner
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Lyonetia cotifraga''
Meyrick, 1909 (
South Africa
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)
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Lyonetia embolotypa''
Turner, 1923 (
Australia
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)
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Lyonetia euryella''
Kuroko, 1964
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Lyonetia latistrigella''
Walsingham, 1882
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Lyonetia lechrioscia''
Turner, 1926 (Australia)
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Lyonetia ledi''
Wocke, 1859
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Lyonetia leurodes''
Meyrick, 1915 (
Sri Lanka
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)
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Lyonetia luxurians''
Meyrick, 1922 (
Fiji
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)
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Lyonetia melanochalca''
Meyrick, 1911 (
India
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)
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Lyonetia meridiana''
Kuroko, 1982
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Lyonetia myricella''
Kuroko, 1964
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Lyonetia penthesilea''
Meyrick, 1921 (Australia)
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Lyonetia photina''
Turner, 1923 (Australia)
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Lyonetia praefulva''
(Meyrick, 1911) (India and Sri Lanka)
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Lyonetia probolactis''
(Meyrick, 1911) (
Seychelles
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)
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Lyonetia prunifoliella
''Lyonetia prunifoliella'' is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae.
Distribution
It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Mediterranean islands. It was considered extinct in Great Britain, but has recently been ...
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(Hübner, 1796)
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Lyonetia pulverulentella''
Zeller, 1839
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Lyonetia saliciella''
Busck, 1904
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Lyonetia scriptifera''
Meyrick, 1921 (Australia)
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Lyonetia spinitarsis''
Meyrick 1922 (Fiji)
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Lyonetia torquens''
Meyrick, 1922 (India)
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Lyonetia yasudai''
Kuroko, 1964
References
Meyrick, 1911. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. Part XIV. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Vol.XXI: 104–131.Meyrick. Exotic Lepidoptera II.
External links
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (03.Aug.2014)*
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Lyonetiidae
Moths described in 1825
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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