Protolychnis is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae.[1]
| Protolychnis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Subfamily: | Lecithocerinae |
| Genus: | Protolychnis Meyrick, 1925 |
| Type species | |
| Protolychnis maculata (Walsingham, 1881)
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Species
edit- Protolychnis bastini Park, 2020
- Protolychnis chlorotoma (Meyrick, 1914)
- Protolychnis ipnosa Wu, 1994
- Protolychnis maculata (Walsingham, 1881)
- Protolychnis marginata (Walsingham, 1891)
- Protolychnis morogorensi Park & Koo, 2021
- Protolychnis natalensis Park & De Prins, 2019
- Protolychnis oculiella Park & Koo, 2021
- Protolychnis petiliella Park, 2020
- Protolychnis trigonias (Meyrick, 1904)
References
edit- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- A 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