Protolychnis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gelechioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Lecithoceridae
Subfamilia: Torodorinae
Genus: Protolychnis
Species: P. bastini – P. chlorotoma – P. ipnosa – P. maculata – P. marginata – P. morogorensis – P. natalensis – P. oculiella – P. petiliella – P. trigonias

Name

Protolychnis Meyrick, 1925

Type species: Lecithocera maculata Thomas de Grey Walsingham, 1881.

References

Primary references

• Meyrick, E. 1925. Exotic Microlepidoptera. Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough) 3(5): 129–160. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Park, K-T. & De Prins, W. 2019a. A review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of southern Africa, based on type specimens deposited in the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (TMSA), with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 4623(1): 061–089. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.1.5. Reference page. 
• Park, K.T. & Koo, J.M. 2020. Two new species of Protolychnis Meyrick, 1925 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from the Afrotropical Region, with a world check-list of the genus. Zootaxa 4759(2): 269–276. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.2.9. . Reference page. 
• Park, K.T. & Koo, J.M. 2021. A 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. Zootaxa 4985(3): 359–370. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.3.3. . Reference page.