Perittia Explained
Perittia is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. It occurs in Eurasia, North and South Africa, Hawaii, and the Americas.
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
Former species
Further reading
- Lauri . Kaila . 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 .
- (1999): Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea); Phylogeny and classification. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
- , 2000: A review of the South American Elachistidae s. str. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), with descriptions of 15 new species. Steenstrupia 25 (2): 159-193.
- 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
- , 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146-261.
- ; 2009: The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa, 2172: 1-31. Abstract & excerpt
- , 1984: A new species of Perittia Stainton from Switzerland (Elachistidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 7 (3): 271-281.
