Stericta
genus of insects
Stericta is a genus of snout moths. It was erected by Julius Lederer in 1863.
Species
Stericta aeruginosa T. P. Lucas, 1894
Stericta angulosa de Joannis, 1929
Stericta angusta (Inoue, 1988)
Stericta angustalis Caradja, 1925
Stericta asopialis (Snellen, 1890)
Stericta atribasalis Warren, 1895
Stericta basalis (South, 1901)
Stericta basilaris de Joannis, 1930
Stericta bryomima (Turner, 1913)
Stericta callibrya Meyrick, 1933
Stericta caradjai West, 1931
Stericta carbonalis (Guenée, 1854)
Stericta carneotincta Hampson, 1896
Stericta centralis (Wileman-South, 1917)
Stericta chlorophoena (Turner, 1937)
Stericta concisella (Walker, 1866)
Stericta congenitalis Hampson, 1906
Stericta corticalis Pagenstecher, 1900
Stericta divitalis (Guenée, 1854)
Stericta dochmoscia (Turner, 1905)
Stericta dohrni E. Hering, 1901
Stericta evanescens Butler, 1887
Stericta flammealis Kenrick, 1907
Stericta flavopuncta Inoue & Sasaki, 1995
Stericta gelechiella (Walker, 1866)
Stericta hoenei Caradja & Meyrick, 1935
Stericta inconcisa Walker, 1863
Stericta ignebasalis Hampson, 1916
Stericta indistincta Rothschild, 1915
Stericta jucundalis Walker, [1866]
Stericta kiiensis (Marumo, 1920)
Stericta kogii Inoue & Sasaki, 1995
Stericta lactealis Caradja, 1931
Stericta leucozonalis Hampson, 1906
Stericta lophocepsalis Hampson, 1906
Stericta loxochlaena Meyrick, 1938
Stericta mediovialis Hampson, 1916
Stericta olivialis Hampson, 1903
Stericta orchidivora (Turner, 1904)
Stericta phanerostola Hampson, 1916
Stericta philobrya (Turner, 1937)
Stericta plumbifloccalis Hampson, 1896
Stericta prasina Warren, 1895
Stericta rufescens Hampson, 1896
Stericta rurealis Kenrick, 1912
Stericta sectilis Hering, 1901
Stericta sinuosa (Moore, 1888)
Stericta subviridalis Kenrick, 1907
References
External links
British Museum (Natural History) Dept. of Zoology (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. Printed by order of the trustees. p. 116. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
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