Homaloxestis

Homaloxestis
Homaloxestis briantiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Subfamily:	Lecithocerinae
Genus:	Homaloxestis Meyrick, 1910

Homaloxestis is a genus of moths in the family Lecithoceridae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1910.

Species

Former species

• Homaloxestis lophophora Janse, 1954

References

• Park, K. T., 1999: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) of Taiwan (I): Subfamily Lecithocerinae: Genera Homaloxestis Meyrick and Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer. Zoological Studies 38 (2): 238–256. Full article: Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine.
• Park, K.-T. 2004: Genus Homaloxestis Meyrick of Thailand, with description of five new species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 7 (1): 33–43.
• Park, K.-T. & Byun, B.-K., 2007: Review of Homaloxestis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) of the Philippine Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa, 1449: 57–64. Full article: .
• Park, K. T. & S.M. Lee, 1999: A review of the Lecithocerinae and Torodorinae (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) in Korea. Insecta Koreana 16 (2): 119–129.
• Park, K. T., M.-Y. Kim, S.-R. Kim, M.-Y. Chae, B.-K. Byun & C. Nguyen, 2007: Lecithocerinae (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) of Vietnam I. Genera Homaloxestis Meyrick and Synersaga Gozmány. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 10 (3): 201–209.
• Wu, Chun-Sheng & Kyu-Tek Park, 1999: Taxonomic review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) in Sri Lanka IV.The subfamily Lecithocerinae: genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer and its allies. Insecta Koreana 16 (1): 1-14.

External links

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Lecithoceridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.