Genus of moths
Perittia
Perittia obscurepunctella
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Elachistidae
Subfamily:
Elachistinae
Genus:
Perittia Stainton , 1854
Synonyms
Scirtopoda Wocke in Heineman, 1876 Mendesia de Joannis, 1902 Polymetis Walsingham, 1908 Triboloneura Walsingham, 1908 Phthinostoma Mayrick, 1914 Symphoristis Meyrick, 1918 Aristoptila Meyrick, 1932 Zemiocrita Meyrick, 1933 Onceroptila Braun, 1948 Swezeyula Zimmerman & Bradley, 1950 Perittoides Sinev, 1992 Habeleria Traugott-Olsen, 1995 Sineviana Traugott-Olsen, 1995 Pretoriana Traugott-Olsen, 1995 (unavailable name)Sruogania Traugott-Olsen, 1995 Bradleyana Traugott-Olsen, 1995 Whitebreadia Traugott-Olsen, 1995 Annettenia Traugott-Olsen, 1995 Kuznetsoviana Traugott-Olsen, 1995 Gautengia Kemal & Koçak, 2006
Perittia moths of the family Elachistidae .[ 1] [ 2] [ 2]
Species
Perittia aganopa (Meyrick, 1911) Perittia andoi Inoue et al., 1982 Perittia antauges Kaila, 2011 Perittia biloba Sruoga, 1990 Perittia carlinella (Walsingham, 1908) Perittia cinereipunctella Turati, 1930 Perittia constantinella (Rebel, 1901) Perittia cygnodiella (Busck, 1921) Perittia daleris Kaila, 2011 Perittia deroga Kaila, 2011 Perittia echiella (de Joannis, 1902) Perittia eremonoma (Braun, 1948) Perittia ernsti Kaila, 2000 Perittia eselkopensis Mey, 2011 Perittia farinella (Thunberg, 1794) Perittia fraudatrix Kaila, 2000 Perittia granadensis (Traugott-Olsen, 1995) Perittia herrichiella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Perittia huemeri (Traugott-Olsen, 1990) Perittia infumata (Meyrick, 1914) (previously in Phthinostoma )Perittia junnilaisella Kaila, 2009 Perittia karadaghella Sinev & Budashkin, 1991 Perittia lonicerae (Zimmerman and Bradley, 1950) Perittia mastodon Kaila, 2000 Perittia metaxea (Kaila, 1995) Perittia minitaurella Kaila, 2009 Perittia morgana Kaila, 2000 Perittia mucronata (Parenti, 2001) Perittia nephele Kaila, 2000 Perittia nimbifera (Meyrick, 1913) Perittia obscurepunctella (Stainton, 1848) Perittia ochrella (Sinev, 1992) Perittia pachyzona (Meyrick, 1921) (previously in Phthinostoma )Perittia passula Kaila, 1995 Perittia patagonica Kaila, 2000 Perittia petrosa Sruoga, 1992 Perittia piperatella (Staudinger, 1859) Perittia punatensis Kaila, 2000 Perittia ramona Kaila, 2000 Perittia ravida Kaila, 2009 Perittia regina Kaila, 2000 Perittia secutrix Meyrick, 1914 Perittia sepulchrella (Stainton, 1872) Perittia serica (Kaila, 1995) Perittia sibirica Sinev, 1992 Perittia smaragdophanes (Meyrick, 1932) Perittia spermatopis (Meyrick, 1933) Perittia tectusella Sruoga, 1997 Perittia tucumana Kaila, 2000 Perittia unicolorella Sinev, 1992 Perittia unifasciella Sinev, 1992 Perittia weberella Whitebread, 1984
References
Further reading
Kaila, Lauri (1995). "A revision of the North American Perittia (=Onceroptila ), with first nearctic records of the genus Mendesia (Elachistidae)" . Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society . 49 (3): 208– 222. Kaila, Lauri (1999): Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea); Phylogeny and classification . Retrieved 2 November 2010.Kaila, Lauri , 2000: A review of the South American Elachistidae s. str. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), with descriptions of 15 new species. Steenstrupia 25 (2) : 159-193.Kaila, L. 2009: Notes on the genus Perittia of the West Palaearctic region with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Zootaxa , 2230 : 16-28. Abstract & excerpt Mey, W. , 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6 : 146-261.Sruoga, V. ; de Prins, J. 2009: The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa , 2172 : 1-31. Abstract & excerpt Whitebread, S.E. , 1984: A new species of Perittia Stainton from Switzerland (Elachistidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 7 (3) : 271-281.
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