Lichenaula is a genus of Australian moth of the family Xyloryctidae.[1]

Lichenaula
Lichenaula tuberculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Lichenaula Meyrick, 1890
Species
About 30 species; see text for details.
Synonyms
Polynesa Turner, 1898

The genus was first published by amateur entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1890.

Species

• Lichenaula afflictella (Walker, 1864)
• Lichenaula appropinquans T.P. Lucas, 1901
• Lichenaula arisema Meyrick, 1890
• Lichenaula calligrapha Meyrick, 1890
• Lichenaula callispora Turner, 1904
• Lichenaula choriodes Meyrick, 1890
• Lichenaula circumsignata T.P. Lucas, 1900
• Lichenaula comparella (Walker, 1864)
• Lichenaula drosias Lower, 1899
• Lichenaula fumata Turner, 1898
• Lichenaula goniodes Turner, 1898
• Lichenaula ignota Turner, 1898
• Lichenaula laniata Meyrick, 1890
• Lichenaula lichenea Meyrick, 1890
• Lichenaula lithina Meyrick, 1890
• Lichenaula maculosa (Turner, 1898)
• Lichenaula melanoleuca Turner, 1898
• Lichenaula mochlias Meyrick, 1890
• Lichenaula musica Meyrick, 1890
• Lichenaula neboissi F.G. Neumann, 1970
• Lichenaula onychodes Turner, 1898
• Lichenaula onychotypa Turner, 1939
• Lichenaula pelodesma (Lower, 1899)
• Lichenaula petulans T.P. Lucas, 1900
• Lichenaula phloeochroa Turner, 1898
• Lichenaula provisa Lucas, 1900
• Lichenaula selenophora Lower, 1892
• Lichenaula terminata (Meyrick, 1921)
• Lichenaula tholodes Turner, 1900
• Lichenaula tortriciformis T.P. Lucas, 1900
• Lichenaula tuberculata Meyrick, 1890
• Lichenaula undulatella (Walker, 1864)

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