''Lichenaula'' is a genus of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

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 ...

of the family

Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wing ...

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/ref> The genus was first published by amateur

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Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Ed ...

in 1890.

Species

*'' Lichenaula afflictella'' (Walker, 1864) *'' Lichenaula appropinquans'' T.P. Lucas, 1901 *'' Lichenaula arisema'' Meyrick, 1890 *'' Lichenaula calligrapha'' Meyrick, 1890 *'' Lichenaula callispora'' Turner, 1904 *'' Lichenaula choriodes'' Meyrick, 1890 *'' Lichenaula circumsignata'' T.P. Lucas, 1900 *'' Lichenaula comparella'' (Walker, 1864) *'' Lichenaula drosias'' Lower, 1899 *'' Lichenaula fumata'' Turner, 1898 *'' Lichenaula goniodes'' Turner, 1898 *'' Lichenaula ignota'' Turner, 1898 *'' Lichenaula laniata'' Meyrick, 1890 *'' Lichenaula lichenea'' Meyrick, 1890 *'' Lichenaula lithina'' Meyrick, 1890 *'' Lichenaula maculosa'' (Turner, 1898) *'' Lichenaula melanoleuca'' Turner, 1898 *'' Lichenaula mochlias'' Meyrick, 1890 *'' Lichenaula musica'' Meyrick, 1890 *'' Lichenaula neboissi'' F.G. Neumann, 1970 *'' Lichenaula onychodes'' Turner, 1898 *'' Lichenaula onychotypa'' Turner, 1939 *'' Lichenaula pelodesma'' (Lower, 1899) *'' Lichenaula petulans'' T.P. Lucas, 1900 *'' Lichenaula phloeochroa'' Turner, 1898 *'' Lichenaula provisa'' Lucas, 1900 *'' Lichenaula selenophora'' Lower, 1892 *'' Lichenaula terminata'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Lichenaula tholodes'' Turner, 1900 *'' Lichenaula tortriciformis'' T.P. Lucas, 1900 *'' Lichenaula tuberculata'' Meyrick, 1890 *'' Lichenaula undulatella'' (Walker, 1864)

References

Moths of Australia Xyloryctidae genera Xyloryctidae {{Xyloryctidae-stub