''Montescardia'' is a genus of
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 w ...
s 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. ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''
Montescardia fuscofasciella''
(Chambers, 1875)
* ''
Montescardia kurenzovi''
(Zagulajev, 1966)
* ''
Montescardia tessulatellus''
(Zeller, 1846)
References
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Tineidae
Tineidae genera