Licigena

Licigena is a monotypic genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae.[1][2] Its sole species is Licigena sertula,[3] which has been found in Sri Lanka. Both the genus and species were first described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1982.[4]

Licigena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Subfamily:
Olethreutinae
Genus:
Licigena

Diakonoff, 1982
Species:
L. sertula
Binomial name
Licigena sertula
Diakonoff, 1982

Description

The wingspan of the male is 11.5 mm is and female is 11 mm. Head ash gray. Tuft on forehead mixed with black. Antenna dark gray. Palpus white. Thorax gray, with whitish edges of scales. Abdomen gray with a golden gloss. Forewing oblong suboval, with curved costa. Apex broadly rounded. Termen rounded and oblique. Forewings grayish, with a faint bluish sheen. Markings are fuscous. Cilia light ash gray, with a darker subapical line. Hindwings dark fuscous purple. Cilia whitish, with a purple basal band.[5]

See also

References
  1. Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W. & Gilligan, T. M. "Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae". Tortricidae.com. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  2. "Species Details: Licigena sertula Diakonoff, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Licigena Diakonoff, 1982". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. "Licigena sertula Diakonoff 1982". Tortricid.net. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  5. Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.


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