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Erechthiinae
The Erechthiinae are a subfamily of moth of the family Tineidae. Genera * ''Anastathma'' * ''Callicerastis'' (sometimes in ''Erechthias'') * ''Comodica'' * ''Erechthias'' Meyrick, 1880 * ''Mecomodica ''Mecomodica fullawayi'' is a fungus moth (family Tineidae) of the subfamily Erechthiinae. It was first described by Otto Swezey in 1926. It is provisionally separated in the monotypic genus ''Mecomodica'', described by Elwood Zimmerman in 197 ...'' (sometimes in ''Comodica'' or ''Erechthias'') * '' Petula'' * '' Phthinocola'' * '' Pisistrata'' * '' Pontodryas'' * '' Thuriostoma'' References Meyrick, 1880. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (1), 5: 255. * , 1994: Erechthiinae (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) of Japan. ''Japanese journal of entomology'' 62(3): 565-584. Full article {{Taxonbar, from=Q5835269 Erechthiinae, ...
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Erechthias
''Erechthias'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Erechthiinae, of which it is the type genus. The exact circumscription of this genus is still disputed, but it may encompass more than 150 species. Systematics and taxonomy Here, the genus is treated in the wide circumscription (''sensu lato'') adopted by many authors today, and representing the presumed core group of the Erechthiinae. Delimited thus, ''Erechthias'' includes several other genera, some of which have occasionally been treated as independent even by fairly recent authors. They are still rather similar and contain moths that are (at least overwhelmingly) very closely related. Still, they differ in details such as the wing venation – with ''Erechthias'' ''sensu stricto'' having all veins separate (as opposed to e.g. the ''Decadarchis'' group, which has hindwing veins 5 and 6 stalked) – or the clasper's harpe being nude in ''Erechthias s.str.'' but bearing a c ...
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Callicerastis
''Callicerastis stagmatias'' is a fungus moth (family Tineidae) of the subfamily Erechthiinae. It is provisionally separated in the monotypic genus ''Callicerastis'', but it may belong in the related larger genus ''Erechthias ''Erechthias'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Erechthiinae, of which it is the type genus. The exact circumscription of this genus is still disputed, but it may encompass more than 150 species ...''. References Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species* (2010): Australian Faunal Directory &ndash''Erechthias'' Version of 2010-NOV-15. Retrieved 2011-DEC-23. Erechthiinae Tineidae genera Monotypic moth genera {{Tineidae-stub ...
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Tineidae
Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. Most of the tineid moths are small or medium-sized, with wings held roofwise over the body when at rest. They are particularly common in the Palaearctic, but many occur elsewhere, and some are found very widely as introduced species. Tineids are unusual among Lepidoptera as the larvae of only a very small number of species feed on living plants, the majority feeding on fungi, lichens, and detritus. The most familiar members of the family are the clothes moths, which have adapted to feeding on stored fabrics and led to their reputation as a household pest. The most widespread of such species are the common clothes moth (''Tineola bisselliella''), the case-bearing clothes moth (''Tinea pellionella''), and the carpet moth (''Trichophaga tap ...
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Comodica
''Comodica'' is a small genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Erechthiinae. It is apparently a close relative of the type genus of its subfamily, ''Erechthias''.Robinson 011/ref> It is usually delimited ''sensu stricto'', making it a smallish genus, with 11 species presently placed here: * '' Comodica cirrhopolia'' (Turner, 1923) * '' Comodica coarctata'' (J.F.G.Clarke, 1971) * '' Comodica crypsicroca'' Turner, 1923 * '' Comodica drepanosema'' Turner, 1923 * '' Comodica lucinda'' Meyrick, 1927 * '' Comodica ordinata'' Walsingham, 1914 * '' Comodica polygrapta'' Meyrick, 1924 * '' Comodica semiades'' Bradley, 1956 * '' Comodica signata'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * '' Comodica tetracercella'' Meyrick, 1880 * '' Comodica tigrina'' Turner, 1917 ''Erechthias ''Erechthias'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Erechthiinae, of which it is the type genus. The exact circumscription of this genu ...
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Erechthias Minuscula
''Erechthias minuscula'', the erechthias clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1897. It is widespread and has been recorded from Africa, Sri Lanka, Java, Australia, the Caroline Islands, Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ..., Samoa, the Marquesas, the West Indies, Hawaii and Florida. Description The length of the forewings is 3.5–4 mm.Davis, D.R.; Mendel, H. 2013: The genus ''Erechthias'' Meyrick of Ascension Island, including discovery of a new brachypterous species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae). ''ZooKeys'', 341: 1-20. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.341.6146 The ground color of the adults is mostly cream or pale straw colored. The forewings, which are strongly upturned at the tips, are variably and extensively marked ...
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Mecomodica
''Mecomodica fullawayi'' is a fungus moth (family Tineidae) of the subfamily Erechthiinae. It was first described by Otto Swezey in 1926. It is provisionally separated in the monotypic genus ''Mecomodica'', described by Elwood Zimmerman in 1978, but it may belong in the related larger genera ''Comodica'' or ''Erechthias''. It is only known from Kure Island Kure Atoll (; haw, Hōlanikū, translation=bringing forth heaven; haw, Mokupāpapa, translation=flat island, label=none) or Ocean Island is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean west-northwest of Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands a ... in the Pacific Ocean. Adults are small and mostly yellow. External links * * *Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae* (2010): Australian Faunal Directory &ndash''Erechthias'' Version of November 15, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2011. Tineidae Endemic moths of Hawaii Moths described in 1926 {{Tineidae-stub ...
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Petula (moth)
__NOTOC__ ''Petula'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. There is presently only one species in this genus: ''Petula phalarata'', that was described from Rapa Iti. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is 9–16 mm. The forewing ground color is fuscous black, on the middle of the dorsum with a cream buff spot (in females, the spot is suffused, larger, and not as sharply defined as in males), sometimes extended as a narrow cream buff line on the dorsal edge. At the end of the cell is an ill-defined black spot. The hindwings are grey, paler basally, with a brassy hue. References Tineidae Monotypic moth genera Moths of Oceania Tineidae genera {{Tineidae-stub ...
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Subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoological names with "-inae". See also * International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants * International Code of Zoological Nomenclature * Rank (botany) * Rank (zoology) In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. A common system consists of species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain. While ... Sources {{biology-stub ...
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Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ...
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Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ...
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Anastathma
''Anastathma'' are a genus of moths, belonging to the family Tineidae Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. .... References Tineidae Tineidae genera {{Tineidae-stub ...
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Phthinocola
''Phthinocola'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. This genus contains only one species: ''Phthinocola dochmia'' Meyrick, 1886 that is found in Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in .... It has a wingspan of 9mm. References Tineidae Tineidae genera Monotypic moth genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Tineidae-stub ...
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