Genus Genduara Walker, 1856

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• Genduara Walker, F. 1856. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 7: 1508-1808 [incl. Index to parts 1-7] [published May 1856] [1747].

  Type species:

   Genduara cinerea Walker, 1856 by monotypy.
• Crexa Walker, F. 1866. Supplement 5. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1534-2040 [incl. Summary and Index to parts 31-35] [1926].

  Type species:

   Crexa anthraxoides Walker, 1866 by monotypy.
• Dichromosoma Felder, R. & Rogenhofer, A.F. 1874. [1874-1875]. Lepidoptera. Heterocera. Noctuida. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. (Zoologischer Theil). Wien. Band 2 (Abtheilung 2). [pl. 83, fig. 26].

  Type species:

   Dichromosoma majus Felder, 1874 by monotypy.

General References

Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [257] (Note #461: Genduara Walker, 1856. The genus, type species Genduara cinerea Walker, 1856, was described in the Psychidae and has not been recognized since. Walker's description agrees with a worn female of Entometa punctigera Walker, 1855, except that the larva is not in a case and the antennae are pectinate to the tips. Walker's description of Mecytha trimacula Walker, 1855 (the female of punctigera Walker) is identical except that, as the holotype is a good specimen, more detail is included. There is a worn female of punctigera from the Saunders collection at the HOPE labelled 'N.S.W.' but it is not marked as a type or otherwise identified. Swinhoe (1900) stated that the type was lost. Walker's description fits no other Australian insect)

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