The Tineinae are a
subfamily
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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
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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. ...
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Genera
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Acridotarsa
''Acridotarsa'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1893.
The larvae are associated with termites' nests.Robinson & Nielsen (1993). "Tineid Genera of Australia (Lepidoptera)". ''Mono ...
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Anomalotinea''
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Asymphyla''
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Ceratobia''
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Ceratophaga
''Ceratophaga'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The name ''"ceratophaga"'' is derived from the Greek for "horn eater". Sixteen species are currently recognised, widespread in the Afrotropical realm and Asia. In the Americ ...
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Ceratuncus''
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Crypsithyris
''Crypsithyris'' is 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 famil ...
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Crypsithyrodes''
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Eccritothrix''
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Elatobia''
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Enargocrasis''
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Eremicola
''Eremicola'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, ''Eremicola semitica'', which is found in Palestinian Territories
The Palestinian territories are the two regions of the former British Mandate ...
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Graphicoptila''
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Hippiochaetes''
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Kangerosithyris''
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Lipomerinx''
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Metatinea''
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Miramonopis
''Miramonopis'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.
There is presently only one species in this genus: ''Miramonopis viettei'' Gozmány, 1966 that is known from the Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (C ...
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Monopis
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contrasti ...
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Nearolyma''
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Niditinea''
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Ocnophilella
''Ocnophilella'' is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Tineidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940. Its only species, ''Ocnophilella autocrypta'', described by Edward Meyrick in 1926, was found in Western Cape
The W ...
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Phereoeca''
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Praeacedes''
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Pringleophaga''
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Proterodesma''
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Proterospastis''
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Reisserita''
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Stemagoris''
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Tetrapalpus''
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Thomintarra''
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Tinea
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Tinemelitta''
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Tineola''
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Tineomigma''
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Trichophaga''
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Tryptodema''
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Wyoma''
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Xerantica''
References
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