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Perittia

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Perittia
Perittia obscurepunctella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Subfamily: Elachistinae
Genus: Perittia
Stainton, 1854
Synonyms
List
    • 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 is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.[1][2] It occurs in Eurasia, North and South Africa, Hawaii, and the Americas.[2]

Species

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Former species

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References

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  1. "Perittia Stainton, 1854". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.199. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Perittia Stainton, 1854". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

Further reading

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  • 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.