''Siederia'' is a
genus
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of small
moths. It belongs to the
bagworm moth family
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(Psychidae). Therein, it is placed in
subfamily Naryciinae, or, if that is not considered sufficiently distinct, in the
Taleporiinae
The Psychidae (bagworm moths, also simply bagworms or bagmoths) are a family of the Lepidoptera ( butterflies and moths). The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1,350 species described. Bagworm species are found globally, with some, s ...
.
Most
species
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were formerly included in the huge "
wastebin genus
Wastebasket taxon (also called a wastebin taxon, dustbin taxon or catch-all taxon) is a term used by some taxonomists to refer to a taxon that has the sole purpose of classifying organisms that do not fit anywhere else. They are typically define ...
" ''Solenobia'', which is technically a
junior synonym of ''
Taleporia''.
[See e.g. references in Savela (2004)]
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
include:
* ''
Siederia alpicolella''
(Rebel, 1919)
* ''
Siederia cembrella''
(Linnaeus, 1761)
* ''
Siederia listerella''
* ''
Siederia meierella''
(Sieder, 1956)
* ''
Siederia meieri''
* ''
Siederia pineti''
(Zeller, 1852)
* ''
Siederia rupicolella''
(Sauter, 1954)
* ''
Siederia saxatilis''
Footnotes
References
* (2004): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
''Siederia'' Version of 2001-NOV-04. Retrieved 2010-APR-10.
Psychidae
Psychidae genera
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