Luquetia

Luquetia
Luquetia lobella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Subfamily:	Depressariinae
Genus:	Luquetia Leraut, 1991

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)

Footnotes

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

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^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Version of 2003-DEC-29. Retrieved 2011-OCT-31.