''Mothonica'' 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
Depressariidae
Depressariidae is a family of moths. It was formerly treated as a subfamily of Gelechiidae, but is now recognised as a separate family, comprising about 2,300 species worldwide.
Subfamilies
Depressariidae consists of ten subfamilies:
* Acriinae ...
.
Species
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Mothonica cubana''
Duckworth, 1969
*''
Mothonica fluminata''
(Meyrick, 1912)
*''
Mothonica ocellea''
Forbes, 1930
*''
Mothonica periapta''
Walsingham, 1912
Former species
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Mothonica kimballi''
Duckworth, 1964
References
*, 1969: Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian biological survey of Dominica: West Indian ''Stenomidae'' (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). ''Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology'' 4: 1-21. Full article
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Mothonica,
Stenomatinae
Moth genera