Trichoboscis Meyrick
- Dataset
- Review of the genus Trichoboscis Meyrick, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Lecithoceridae
- genus
- Trichoboscis
Trichoboscis Meyrick
Key to the species of Trichoboscis Meyrick based on male
1. Third segment of labial palpus in male broadly flattened, more or less triangular; not sharply pointed at apex (Figs. 3–4)............................................................................................... T. pansarista
- Third segment of labial palpus in male stout basally, then slender, sharply pointed at apex........................... 2
2. Valva of male genitalia with a small spine-like process on ventral margin (Fig. 16)................. T. phliuensis sp. nov.
- Valva of male genitalia without spine-like process on ventral margin............................................. 3
3. Valva blunt apically, cornuti consisting of numerous large and small spines (Fig. 17).............. T. cultriformis sp. nov.
- Cornuti consisting of about ten strong spines.............................................................. 4
4. Valva with distal part distinctly narrowed to pointed apex (Fig. 14).............................. T. multispina sp. nov.
- Valva with distal part slightly narrowed to narrowly rounded apex (Fig. 14)............................. T. crocosema