Genus Tonica Walker, 1864

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• Tonica Walker, F. 1864. Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 562-835 [788].

  Type species:

   Tonica terasella Walker, 1864 by monotypy.
• Binsitta Walker, F. 1864. Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 562-835 [832].

  Type species:

   Binsitta niviferana Walker, 1864 by monotypy.
• Teratomorpha Turner, A.J. 1896. Descriptions of Micro-lepidoptera from Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 1-34 [20].

  Type species:

   Teratomorpha coeliota Turner, 1896 by monotypy.
• Cononia Snellen van Vollenhoven, S.C. 1901. Beschrijvingen van nieuwe exotische Tortricinen, Tineinen en Pteophorinen benevens aanteekeningen over reeds bekend gemaakte soorten. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 44: 67-98 [80].

  Type species:

   Cryptolechia effractella Snellen, 1878 by subsequent designation, see Fletcher, T.B. 1929. A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture, India Ent. 11: 1-244 [54].

General References

Common, I.F.B. 1996. Depressariidae. pp. 94-95 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [95] (Note #142: Tonica Walker, 1964 and Binsitta Walker, 1864 were published simultaneously. As first reviser Meyrick (1922) gave priority to Tonica Walker)

Meyrick, E. 1922. Lepidoptera Heterocera. Fam. Oecophoridae. Genera Insectorum 180: 1-224, pls 1-6

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