Triscaedecia Hampson, 1905

Ustjuzhanin, Petr, Kovtunovich, Vasiliy & Hobern, Donald, 2019, A taxonomic review of the genus Triscaedecia (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) in the world fauna, Zootaxa 4571 (3), pp. 373-382 : 373-374

Genus Triscaedecia Hampson, 1905

Triscaedecia Hampson, 1905: 247 . Type species: T. dactyloptera Hampson, 1905 , by monotypy.

Hofmannia Pagenstecher, 1900: 241 . Type species: H. septemdactyla Pagenstecher, 1900 , by monotypy. A junior homonym of Hofmannia Wocke, 1877 , in Heidemann Die Schmetterlinge deutschlands und der Schweiz 2 (2): 644. There is no objective replacement name but H. septemdactyla is currently considered to be congeneric with Triscaedecia dactyloptera

Hampson, 1905, the type species of Triscaedecia Hampson, 1905 ; the latter is thus available for use as a subjective replacement name ( Nye & Fletcher 1991).

Diagnosis (modified from Meyrick 1910, to address variation in maxillary palpi). Labial palpi long, second joint porrected, with projecting scales beneath, terminal joint shorter, ascending. Maxillary palpi variable in length, loosely scaled, porrected. Forewings evenly six-cleft from about two-thirds, cell moderate; 2 from two-thirds of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 9–11 separate. Hindwings evenly seven-cleft from beyond middle, segments occupied by 1b, 2, 3, 4, 6. 7, 8 respectively, 6 and 7 approximated at base.