''Lichenaula'' is a genus of Australian

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 ...

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 entomologist

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern m ...

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