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Hednota

genus of insects

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ5697560
Source-derived summary

Hednota is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

Species

Hednota acontophora (Meyrick, 1882)

Hednota ancylosticha Koch, 1966

Hednota argyroeles (Meyrick, 1882)

Hednota asterias Meyrick, 1887

Hednota aurantiacus (Meyrick, 1879)

Hednota bathrotricha (Lower, 1902)

Hednota bifractellus (Walker, 1863)

Hednota bivittella (Donovan, 1805)

Hednota cotylophora (Turner, 1942)

Hednota crypsichroa Lower, 1893

Hednota cyclosema (Lower, 1896)

Hednota demissalis (Walker, 1863)

Hednota diacentra (Meyrick, 1897)

Hednota diargyra (Turner, 1925)

Hednota dichospila (Turner, 1937)

Hednota empheres Koch, 1966

Hednota enchias (Meyrick, 1897)

Hednota eremenopa (Lower, 1903)

Hednota grammellus (Zeller, 1863)

Hednota hagnodes (Turner, 1942)

Hednota haplotypa (Turner, 1904)

Hednota hoplitellus (Meyrick, 1879)

Hednota icelomorpha (Turner, 1906)

Hednota impletellus (Walker, 1863)

Hednota invalidellus (Meyrick, 1879)

Hednota koojanensis Koch, 1966

Hednota longipalpella (Meyrick, 1879)

Hednota macroura (Lower, 1902)

Hednota megalarcha (Meyrick, 1885)

Hednota mesochra (Lower, 1896)

Hednota ocypetes Meyrick, 1936

Hednota odontoides Koch, 1966

Hednota opulentellus (Zeller, 1863)

Hednota orthotypa (Turner, 1904)

Hednota panselenella (Meyrick, 1882)

Hednota panteucha (Meyrick, 1885)

Hednota pedionoma (Meyrick, 1885)

Hednota peripeuces (Turner, 1942)

Hednota perlatalis (Walker, 1863)

Hednota pleniferellus (Walker, 1863)

Hednota polyargyra (Turner, 1913)

Hednota recurvellus (Walker, 1863)

Hednota relatalis (Walker, 1863)

Hednota stenipteralis (Lower, 1903)

Hednota tenuilineata Koch, 1966

Hednota thologramma Meyrick, 1936

Hednota toxotis Meyrick, 1887

Hednota trissomochla (Turner, 1911)

Hednota urithrepta (Turner, 1925)

Hednota vetustellus (Walker, 1863)

Hednota xiphosema (Turner, 1904)

Hednota xylophaea Meyrick, 1887

References

External links

Savela, Markku. "Hednota Meyrick, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Hednota” is genus of insects. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hednota, genus and insects, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1882, 1966, 1887, 1879—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Hednota, genus and insects is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “genus of insects” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5697560. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1882, 1966, 1887 and 1879.

Critical limits

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