Luquetia Explained

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.^[1]

Species

• Luquetia lobella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Luquetia orientella (Rebel 1893)

References

• (2009): Luquetia. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2011-OCT-31.
• (2004): butterflies and moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species  - Depressaria. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-24.
• (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms  - [ftp://193.166.3.2/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/oecophoridae/depressiinae/luquetia/index.html ''Luquetia'']. Version of 2003-DEC-29. Retrieved 2011-OCT-31.

Notes and References

1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)