Ithome (moth) explained

Ithome is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.

Species

• Ithome anthraceuta (Meyrick, 1915)
• Ithome aquila Hodges, 1978
• Ithome cathidrota (Meyrick, 1915)
• Ithome chersota (Meyrick, 1915)
• Ithome concolorella (Chambers, 1875) (syn: Ithome unimaculella Chambers, 1875, Ithome unomaculella)
• Ithome curvipunctella (Walsingham, 1892) (syn: Eriphia quinquepunctata Forbes, 1931
• Ithome edax Hodges, 1962
• Ithome ferax Hodges, 1962
• Ithome fuscula Forbes, 1931
• Ithome iresiarcha (Meyrick, 1915)
• Ithome lassula Hodges, 1962
• Ithome pelasta (Meyrick, 1915)
• Ithome pernigrella (Forbes, 1931)
• Ithome pignerata (Meyrick, 1922)
• Ithome simulatrix Hodges, 1978
• Ithome tiaynai H.A. Vargas, 2004
• Ithome volcanica Landry, 2001

Former species

• Ithome erransella is now Perimede erransella Chambers, 1874

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• , 1961: The genus Ithome in North America (Walshiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 15 (2): 81–90. Full article: http://peabody.research.yale.edu/jls/pdfs/1960s/1961/1961-15%282%2981-Hodges.pdf.
• , 2004: Una nueva especie de Ithome Chambers (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae: Chrysopeleiinae) del norte de Chile. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat. 77: 285–292. Abstract and full article: .