Protolychnis

Protolychnis is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae.

Protolychnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Subfamily:	Lecithocerinae
Genus:	Protolychnis Meyrick, 1925
Type species
Protolychnis maculata (Walsingham, 1881)

Species

• Protolychnis bastini Park, 2020
• Protolychnis chlorotoma (Meyrick, 1914)
• Protolychnis ipnosa Wu, 1994
• Protolychnis maculata (Walsingham, 1881)
• Protolychnis marginata (Walsingham, 1891)
• Protolychnis morogorensi Park & Koo, 2021
• Protolychnis natalensis Park & De Prins, 2019
• Protolychnis oculiella Park & Koo, 2021
• Protolychnis petiliella Park, 2020
• Protolychnis trigonias (Meyrick, 1904)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• A new genus Viperinus Park with descriptions of two new species, and two new species of the genus Protolychnis Meyrick, 1925 (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Lecithoceridae) in Kenya and Tanzania, with a checklist of the world species