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. Therein, it belongs to the

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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 ...

. It is apparently a close relative of the

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of its subfamily, ''

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Comodica cirrhopolia ''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 ...

'' (Turner, 1923) * ''

Comodica coarctata ''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 ...

'' (J.F.G.Clarke, 1971) * '' Comodica crypsicroca'' Turner, 1923 * '' Comodica drepanosema'' Turner, 1923 * '' Comodica lucinda'' Meyrick, 1927 * ''

Comodica ordinata ''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 ...

'' Walsingham, 1914 * ''

Comodica polygrapta ''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 ...

'' Meyrick, 1924 * ''

Comodica semiades ''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 ...

'' Bradley, 1956 * ''

Comodica signata ''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 ...

'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * ''

Comodica tetracercella ''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 ...

'' Meyrick, 1880 * ''

Comodica tigrina ''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 ...

'' Turner, 1917 ''

'' and ''Comodica'' are not unequivocally delimited against each other yet. Some species of the former are occasionally placed in the present genus, namely: * '' Erechthias citrinopa'' * '' Erechthias contributa'' * '' Erechthias decaspila'' * '' Erechthias dochmogramma'' * '' Erechthias epispora'' * '' Erechthias eurynipha'' * '' Erechthias saitoi'' '' Mecomodica fullawayi'' is also sometimes placed in ''Comodica''; it might alternatively belong in ''Erechthias'' or represent a distinct lineage not much closer to either of the two than to the other.ABRS (2010), Robinson

Wikispecies (2011-SEP-04)

Footnotes

References

* (2010): Australian Faunal Directory &ndash
''Erechthias''
Version of 2010-NOV-15. Retrieved 2011-DEC-23. *

br>Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
Retrieved 2011-DEC-22. Tineidae Tineidae genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Tineidae-stub