Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) of Taiwan (II): Subfamily Lecithocerinae: Genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer and Its Allies
Kyu-Tek Park (2000) In the second part of a review of the subfamily Lecithocerinae in Taiwan, fourteen species belonging to Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, Frisilia Walker, Lecitholaxa Gozmány, Spatulignatha Gozmány, Synersaga Gozmány, Carodista Meyrick, Dinochares Meyrick, and Tisis Walker are recognized. Of these, three new species, Carodista montana sp. nov., C. cultrata sp. nov., and Dinochares notolepis sp. nov., are described. Five genera, Quasstagma Gozmány, Recontracta Gozmány, Nyctocyrma Gozmány, Psamoris Meyrick, and Galoxestis Wu, are synonymized with Lecithocera, and Anamimnesis Gozmany with Synersaga Gozmány. Five species, Lecithocera glabrata (Liu & Wu), Frisilia chinensis Gozmány, Spatulignatha idiogena Wu, S. olaxana Wu, and Synesarga bleszynskii (Gozmány), are reported for the first time from Taiwan.
Keywords
Systematics, Frisilia, Lecitholaxa, Spatulignatha and their allies, Taiwan.
