''Protolychnis'' 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 ...
in the family
Lecithoceridae
The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of the ...
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Species
* '' Protolychnis bastini'' Park, 2020
*'' Protolychnis chlorotoma'' (Meyrick, 1914)
*'' Protolychnis ipnosa'' Wu, 1994
* '' Protolychnis maculata'' (Walsingham, 1881)
* '' Protolychnis marginata'' (Walsingham, 1891)
*'' Protolychnis morogorensi'' Park & Koo, 2021
*'' Protolychnis natalensis'' Park & De Prins, 2019
*'' Protolychnis oculiella'' Park & Koo, 2021
*'' Protolychnis petiliella'' Park, 2020
* '' Protolychnis trigonias'' (Meyrick, 1904)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus databaseA new genus Viperinus Park with descriptions of two new species, and two new species of the genus Protolychnis Meyrick, 1925 (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Lecithoceridae) in Kenya and Tanzania, with a checklist of the world species
Lecithocerinae
Moth genera
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