Luquetia
genus of insects
Luquetia is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Patrice J.A. Leraut in 1991. It is mostly placed in the family Depressariidae, which is often – particularly in older treatments – considered a subfamily of the Oecophoridae or included in the Elachistidae.
Species
Luquetia lobella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Luquetia orientella (Rebel 1893)
Footnotes
References
Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Luquetia. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2011-OCT-31.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): butterflies and moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Depressaria. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-24.
Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms – Luquetia. Version of 2003-DEC-29.
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