Wegneria Cavernicola
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Wegneria'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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. ...
.


Species

Some species of this genus are: *'' Wegneria acervalis'' (Meyrick, 1914) (from Malawi) *'' Wegneria astragalodes'' (Meyrick, 1922) (from Uganda) *'' Wegneria cavernicola'' Diakonoff, 1951 *'' Wegneria cerodelta'' (Meyrick, 1911) (from India, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand) *'' Wegneria chrysophthalma'' (Meyrick, 1934) (from Uganda) *'' Wegneria encharacta'' (Meyrick, 1915) (from India) *'' Wegneria impotens'' (Meyrick, 1915) (from India) *'' Wegneria lachanitis'' (Meyrick, 1906) (from India, Sri Lanka) *'' Wegneria oxydesma'' (Meyrick, 1918) (from India) *'' Wegneria plasturga'' (Meyrick, 1911) (from India) *'' Wegneria panchalcella'' (Staudinger 1871) (from Algeria, Canaries, Greece, Hungary and Ukraine)Zdenko & Buschmann, 2012. Wegneria panchalcella (Staudinger, 1871), new records of Tineidae for Hungary and Central Europe (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) Microlepidoptera.hu 5: 39–42.
/ref> *'' Wegneria scaeozona'' (Meyrick, 1920) (from Kenya) *''
Wegneria speciosa ''Wegneria'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family (biology), family Tineidae. Species Some species of this genus are: *''Wegneria acervalis'' (Meyrick, 1914) (from Malawi) *''Wegneria astragalodes'' (Meyrick, 1922) (from Uganda) *''Wegner ...
'' (Meyrick, 1914) (from Nigeria) *''
Wegneria spherotoma ''Wegneria'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family (biology), family Tineidae. Species Some species of this genus are: *''Wegneria acervalis'' (Meyrick, 1914) (from Malawi) *''Wegneria astragalodes'' (Meyrick, 1922) (from Uganda) *''Wegner ...
'' (Meyrick, 1911) (from India) *'' Wegneria subtilis'' (Diankonoff, 1955) (from New Guinea) *'' Wegneria villiersi'' (Viette, 1955) (from Guinea)


References

*Diakonoff, 1951 . Zool. Meded. Leiden 31 : 131. Hieroxestinae Tineidae genera Taxa named by Alexey Diakonoff {{Tineidae-stub