''Protolychnis'' 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 ...
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 ...
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Species
* ''Protolychnis bastini
''Protolychnis'' is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae.
Species
* ''Protolychnis bastini'' Park, 2020
*''Protolychnis chlorotoma'' (Meyrick, 1914)
*''Protolychnis ipnosa'' Wu, 1994
* ''Protolychnis maculata'' (Walsingham, 1881)
* ''Prot ...
'' Park, 2020
*''Protolychnis chlorotoma
''Protolychnis chlorotoma'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Malawi.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ...
'' (Meyrick, 1914)
*''Protolychnis ipnosa
''Protolychnis'' is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae.
Species
* ''Protolychnis bastini'' Park, 2020
*''Protolychnis chlorotoma'' (Meyrick, 1914)
*'' Protolychnis ipnosa'' Wu, 1994
* ''Protolychnis maculata'' (Walsingham, 1881)
* '' Pr ...
'' Wu, 1994
* ''Protolychnis maculata
''Protolychnis maculata'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Walsingham in 1881. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Orientale), Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
The wingspan
The wingspan ( ...
'' (Walsingham, 1881)
* ''Protolychnis marginata
''Protolychnis marginata'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Thomas de Grey in 1891. It is found in Gambia, Sudan and South Africa.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance ...
'' (Walsingham, 1891)
*''Protolychnis morogorensi
''Protolychnis'' is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae.
Species
* ''Protolychnis bastini'' Park, 2020
*''Protolychnis chlorotoma'' (Meyrick, 1914)
*''Protolychnis ipnosa'' Wu, 1994
* ''Protolychnis maculata'' (Walsingham, 1881)
* ''Prot ...
'' Park & Koo, 2021
*''Protolychnis natalensis
''Protolychnis'' is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae.
Species
* ''Protolychnis bastini'' Park, 2020
*''Protolychnis chlorotoma'' (Meyrick, 1914)
*''Protolychnis ipnosa'' Wu, 1994
* ''Protolychnis maculata'' (Walsingham, 1881)
* ''Prot ...
'' Park & De Prins, 2019
*''Protolychnis oculiella
''Protolychnis'' is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae.
Species
* ''Protolychnis bastini'' Park, 2020
*'' Protolychnis chlorotoma'' (Meyrick, 1914)
*'' Protolychnis ipnosa'' Wu, 1994
* ''Protolychnis maculata
''Protolychnis maculata' ...
'' 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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