''Homaloxestis'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

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 th ...

. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1910.

Species

*'' Homaloxestis aciformis'' Liu & Wang, 2014 *'' Homaloxestis aganacma'' Diakonoff, 1968 *'' Homaloxestis alopecopa'' Meyrick, 1929 *'' Homaloxestis antibathra'' Meyrick, 1916 *'' Homaloxestis australis'' Park, 2004 *'' Homaloxestis baibaraensis'' Park, 1999 *'' Homaloxestis briantiella'' (Turati, 1879) *'' Homaloxestis ceroxesta'' Meyrick, 1918 *'' Homaloxestis cholopis'' (Meyrick, 1906) *'' Homaloxestis cicatrix'' Gozmány, 1973 *'' Homaloxestis cribanota'' Meyrick, 1910 *'' Homaloxestis croceata'' Gozmány, 1978 *'' Homaloxestis eccentropa'' Meyrick, 1934 *'' Homaloxestis ellipsoidea'' Liu & Wang, 2014 *'' Homaloxestis endocoma'' Meyrick, 1910 *'' Homaloxestis furcula'' Park, 2004 *'' Homaloxestis grabia'' C. S. Wu & Park, 1999 *'' Homaloxestis hades'' Gozmány, 1978 *'' Homaloxestis hainanensis'' C. S. Wu, 1994 *'' Homaloxestis hemigastra'' Meyrick, 1931 *'' Homaloxestis hesperis'' Gozmány, 1978 *'' Homaloxestis hilaris'' Gozmány, 1978 *'' Homaloxestis horochlora'' Meyrick, 1929 *'' Homaloxestis horridens'' Gozmány, 1978 *'' Homaloxestis lacerta'' C. S. Wu & Park, 1999 *'' Homaloxestis liciata'' Meyrick, 1922 *'' Homaloxestis liochlaena'' Meyrick, 1931 *'' Homaloxestis lochitis'' Meyrick, 1918 *'' Homaloxestis luzonensis'' Park & Byun, 2007 *'' Homaloxestis mucroraphis'' Gozmány, 1978 *'' Homaloxestis multidentalis'' Park, 2004 *'' Homaloxestis myeloxesta'' Meyrick, 1932 *'' Homaloxestis ochrosceles'' Meyrick, 1910 *'' Homaloxestis orthochlora'' Meyrick, 1926 *'' Homaloxestis pancrocopa'' Meyrick, 1937 *'' Homaloxestis perichlora'' Meyrick, 1910 *'' Homaloxestis plocamandra'' (Meyrick, 1907) *'' Homaloxestis pumilis'' Park, 2004 *'' Homaloxestis quadralis'' Park & Byun, 2007 *'' Homaloxestis queribunda'' Meyrick, 1922 *'' Homaloxestis saitoi'' Park, 2004 *'' Homaloxestis striapunctata'' (Wu, 1997) *'' Homaloxestis subpallida'' Meyrick, 1931 *'' Homaloxestis tenuipalpella'' (Snellen, 1903) *'' Homaloxestis turbinata'' Meyrick, 1910 *'' Homaloxestis vinhphuensis'' Park, 2007 *'' Homaloxestis xanthocharis'' Meyrick, 1929 *'' Homaloxestis xylotripta'' Meyrick, 1918

Former species

*'' Homaloxestis lophophora'' Janse, 1954

References

* , 1999: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) of Taiwan (I): Subfamily Lecithocerinae: Genera ''Homaloxestis'' Meyrick and ''Lecithocera'' Herrich-Schäffer. ''Zoological Studies'' 38 (2): 238–256. Full article

* 2004: Genus ''Homaloxestis'' Meyrick of Thailand, with description of five new species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae). ''Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology'' 7 (1): 33–43

* & , 2007: Review of Homaloxestis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) of the Philippine Islands, with descriptions of two new species. ''Zootaxa'', 1449: 57–64. Full article

* , 1999: A review of the Lecithocerinae and Torodorinae (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) in Korea. ''Insecta Koreana'' 16 (2): 119–129. * , 2007: Lecithocerinae (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) of Vietnam I. Genera Homaloxestis Meyrick and Synersaga Gozmány. ''Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology'' 10 (3): 201–209. * , 1999: Taxonomic review of the ''Lecithoceridae'' (Lepidoptera) in Sri Lanka IV.The subfamily ''Lecithocerinae'': genus ''Lecithocera'' Herrich-Schäffer and its allies. ''Insecta Koreana'' 16 (1): 1-14.

External links

* Homaloxestis, Lecithocerinae Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moth genera {{Lecithocerinae-stub