Perittia

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

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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* 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

## Former species

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* 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

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1. ^ "Perittia Stainton, 1854". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.199. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
2. ^ a b 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): 208–222.208-222&rft.date=1995&rft.aulast=Kaila&rft.aufirst=Lauri&rft_id=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41142318#page/224/mode/1up&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Perittia" class="Z3988">
* 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.

Taxon identifiers

Perittia|

* Wikidata: Q7168881
* Wikispecies: Perittia
* AFD: Perittia
* BOLD: 90189
* BugGuide: 246323
* ButMoth: 22351.0
* CoL: 92JLG
* EoL: 95187
* EPPO: 1PIIAG
* Fauna Europaea: 434250
* Fauna Europaea (new): 42501777-ab9d-44a2-a32f-ededeec6c929
* GBIF: 1832799
* iNaturalist: 178383
* IRMNG: 1370809
* LepIndex: 121871
* NBN: NHMSYS0000522427
* NCBI: 315908
* PPE: perittia

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