Biology:Perittia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Perittia
Perittia carlinella.JPG
Perittia cinereipunctella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Subfamily: Elachistinae
Genus: Perittia
Stainton, 1854
Synonyms

Perittia is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.

Species


Former species

  • Perittia falciferella Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009
  • Perittia gnoma Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009
  • Perittia olelella Westwood in Wood, 1854
  • Perittia podonosmella (Amsel, 1953)
  • Perittia spatulata Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009
  • Perittia tantilla Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009

References

  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q7168881 entry