''Pectinivalva'' 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 of the family
Nepticulidae.
Species
*Subgenus ''Pectinivalva''
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Pectinivalva caenodora''
(Meyrick, 1906)
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Pectinivalva chalcitis''
(Meyrick, 1906)
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Pectinivalva commoni''
Scoble, 1983
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Pectinivalva endocapna''
(Meyrick, 1906)
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Pectinivalva gilva''
(Meyrick, 1906)
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Pectinivalva melanotis''
(Meyrick, 1906)
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Pectinivalva mystaconota
''Pectinivalva mystaconota'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is known from scattered localities in eastern Australia from Wellington, New South Wales south to Mount Nelson, Hobart, Tasmania.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just spa ...
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Hoare, 2013
*Subgenus ''Casanovula''
Hoare, 2013
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Pectinivalva brevipalpa
''Pectinivalva brevipalpa'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in New South Wales.
The wingspan is 4.3–5.9 mm for males and 4.3–5.2 mm for females. Two-thirds of the forewings is dark fuscous with purplish reflectio ...
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Hoare, 2013
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Pectinivalva minotaurus
''Pectinivalva minotaurus'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in southern Queensland.
The wingspan is 4.7–5.5 mm for males and 4.7–5.8 mm for females. Half of the forewings is dark fuscous with bluish and purplish ...
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Hoare, 2013
*Subgenus ''Menurella''
Hoare, 2013
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Pectinivalva acmenae
''Pectinivalva acmenae'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in New South Wales.
The wingspan is 4.5–5.5 mm for males and 5.2–5.6 mm for females. The thorax, tegulae and forewings are uniform shining dark grey with s ...
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Hoare, 2013
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Pectinivalva anazona
''Pectinivalva anazona'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.
The wingspan is about 4 mm for females.
The type species was found on '' Lophostemon confertus'', but this is a ...
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(Meyrick, 1906)
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Pectinivalva funeralis
''Pectinivalva funeralis'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the southeastern coast of New South Wales.
The wingspan is 5-5.2 mm for males.
The host plant is unknown, but probably a Myrtaceae species. They probably ...
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(Meyrick, 1906)
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Pectinivalva libera
''Pectinivalva libera'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the southeastern coast of New South Wales.
The wingspan is about for males.
The host plant is unknown, but probably a Myrtaceae species. They probably mine
Mine ...
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(Meyrick, 1906)
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Pectinivalva planetis
''Pectinivalva planetis'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the southeastern coast of New South Wales.
The wingspan is about 5.5 mm for females.
The host plant is unknown, but probably a Myrtaceae species. They proba ...
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(Meyrick, 1906)
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Pectinivalva primigena
''Pectinivalva primigena'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales, Australia.
The wingspan is about 4.3 mm for females.
Meyrick beat the single known specimen from '' Banksia ser ...
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(Meyrick, 1906)
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Pectinivalva quintiniae
''Pectinivalva quintiniae'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in northern New South Wales (Border Ranges National Park) and southern Queensland (Lamington National Park).
The wingspan is 4.7–4.8 mm for males and 5.0–5.8 ...
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Hoare & Van Nieukerken, 2013
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Pectinivalva scotodes
''Pectinivalva scotodes'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in New South Wales and southern Queensland.
The wingspan is 5.2–5.7 mm for males and 5.0–5.2 mm for females. In males, the thorax and forewings are entire ...
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Hoare, 2013
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Pectinivalva trepida
''Pectinivalva trepida'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of Victoria.
The wingspan is 4.4–4.8 mm for males.
The host plant is unknown, but probably a Myrtaceae species. They probably mine ...
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(Meyrick, 1906)
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Pectinivalva tribulatrix
''Pectinivalva tribulatrix'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in northern Queensland (Cape Tribulation).
The wingspan is 3.5 mm for males and 3.2 mm for females. The thorax and forewings are entirely shining grey fusc ...
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Van Nieukerken & Hoare, 2013
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Pectinivalva warburtonensis
''Pectinivalva warburtonensis'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found on the Warburton Ranges in Western Australia.
The wingspan is about 5.5 mm for males and females.
The host plant is unknown, but probably a Myrtaceae specie ...
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(Wilson, 1939)
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Pectinivalva xenadelpha
''Pectinivalva xenadelpha'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Borneo, east Kalimantan.
The wingspan is about 4 mm for females. The thorax, tegulae and forewings are uniform shining dark grey with weak blue reflections. T ...
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Van Nieukerken & Hoare, 2013
External links
Australian Faunal DirectoryPhylogeny and host-plant relationships of the Australian Myrtaceae leafmining moth genus Pectinivalva (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), with new subgenera and species
Nepticulidae
Monotrysia genera
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