''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
''Perittia cinereipunctella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Turati in 1930. It is found in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, betwe ...
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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
''Perittia farinella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Norway, the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine).
The wingspan is 12–14 mm. ''
(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
''Perittia infumata'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in South Africa.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 ...
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(Meyrick, 1914) (previously in ''Phthinostoma'')
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Perittia junnilaisella
''Perittia junnilaisella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcon ...
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Kaila, 2009
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Perittia karadaghella
''Perittia karadaghella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Ukraine and Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countrie ...
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Sinev & Budashkin, 1991
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Perittia lonicerae
''Perittia lonicerae'', the honeysuckle leaf miner, is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It was first discovered in Hawaii in 1949. It was later found in Japan in 1982, although it was described as new. Several other species are known from the e ...
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(Zimmerman and Bradley, 1950)
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Perittia mastodon
''Perittia mastodon'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the sout ...
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Kaila, 2000
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Perittia metaxea
''Perittia metaxea'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268, ...
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(Kaila, 1995)
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Perittia minitaurella
''Perittia minitaurella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Greece (Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the wo ...
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Kaila, 2009
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Perittia morgana
''Perittia morgana'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost co ...
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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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