Genus Lerneca Walker, 1869

TYPE SPECIES. — Lerneca varipes Walker, 1869 by original monotypy.

DISTRIBUTION. — Tropical areas of South and Central America.

DIAGNOSIS. — See Desutter-Grandcolas (1992a).

HABITAT. — Diurnal or nocturnal straminicolous species (Desutter-Grandcolas 1995).