''Perittia'' 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
Elachistidae.
Species
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Perittia aganopa''
(Meyrick, 1911)
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Perittia andoi''
Inoue et al., 1982
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Perittia antauges''
Kaila, 2011
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Perittia biloba''
Sruoga, 1990
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Perittia carlinella''
(Walsingham, 1908)
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Perittia cinereipunctella''
Turati, 1930
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Perittia constantinella''
(Rebel, 1901)
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Perittia cygnodiella''
(Busck, 1921)
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Perittia daleris''
Kaila, 2011
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Perittia deroga''
Kaila, 2011
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Perittia echiella''
(de Joannis, 1902)
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Perittia eremonoma''
(Braun, 1948)
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Perittia ernsti''
Kaila, 2000
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Perittia eselkopensis''
Mey, 2011
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Perittia farinella''
(Thunberg, 1794)
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Perittia fraudatrix''
Kaila, 2000
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Perittia granadensis''
(Traugott-Olsen, 1995)
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Perittia herrichiella''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
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Perittia huemeri''
(Traugott-Olsen, 1990)
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Perittia infumata''
(Meyrick, 1914) (previously in ''Phthinostoma'')
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Perittia junnilaisella''
Kaila, 2009
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Perittia karadaghella''
Sinev & Budashkin, 1991
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Perittia lonicerae''
(Zimmerman and Bradley, 1950)
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Perittia mastodon''
Kaila, 2000
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Perittia metaxea''
(Kaila, 1995)
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Perittia minitaurella''
Kaila, 2009
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Perittia morgana''
Kaila, 2000
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Perittia mucronata
''Perittia mucronata'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is ...
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(Parenti, 2001)
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Perittia nephele''
Kaila, 2000
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Perittia nimbifera''
(Meyrick, 1913)
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Perittia obscurepunctella''
(Stainton, 1848)
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Perittia ochrella''
(Sinev, 1992)
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Perittia pachyzona''
(Meyrick, 1921) (previously in ''Phthinostoma'')
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Perittia passula''
Kaila, 1995
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Perittia patagonica''
Kaila, 2000
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Perittia petrosa''
Sruoga, 1992
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Perittia piperatella''
(Staudinger, 1859)
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Perittia punatensis''
Kaila, 2000
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Perittia ramona''
Kaila, 2000
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Perittia ravida''
Kaila, 2009
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Perittia regina''
Kaila, 2000
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Perittia secutrix''
Meyrick, 1914
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Perittia sepulchrella''
(Stainton, 1872)
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Perittia serica''
(Kaila, 1995)
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Perittia sibirica''
Sinev, 1992
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Perittia smaragdophanes''
(Meyrick, 1932)
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Perittia spermatopis''
(Meyrick, 1933)
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Perittia tectusella''
Sruoga, 1997
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Perittia tucumana''
Kaila, 2000
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Perittia unicolorella
''Perittia unicolorella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev in 1992. It is found in the Russian Far East
The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdal ...
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Sinev, 1992
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Perittia unifasciella''
Sinev, 1992
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Perittia weberella
''Perittia weberella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Switzerland.
There are probably two generations per year.
The larvae feed on ''Lonicera xylosteum''. They mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extractio ...
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Whitebread, 1984
Former species
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Perittia falciferella''
Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009
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Perittia gnoma''
Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009
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Perittia olelella''
Westwood in Wood, 1854
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Perittia podonosmella''
(Amsel, 1953)
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Perittia spatulata''
Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009
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Perittia tantilla''
Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009
References
* (1999): Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
Phylogeny and classification Retrieved 2 November 2010.
* , 1995: A revision of the North American ''Perittia'' (= Onceroptila), with first nearctic records of the genus ''Mendesia'' (Elachistidae). ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'' 49 (3): 208-222. Full article
* , 2000: A review of the South American ''Elachistidae'' s. str. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), with descriptions of 15 new species. ''Steenstrupia'' 25 (2): 159-193.
* 2009: Notes on the genus ''Perittia'' of the West Palaearctic region with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). ''Zootaxa'', 2230: 16-28
Abstract & excerpt* , 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie'' Memoir 6: 146-261.
* ; 2009: The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species. ''Zootaxa'', 2172: 1-31
Abstract & excerpt* , 1984: A new species of ''Perittia'' Stainton from Switzerland (Elachistidae). ''Nota Lepidopterologica'' 7 (3): 271-281.
Elachistidae
Taxa named by Henry Tibbats Stainton
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