''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 The Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) are a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly results in a massively paraphyletic and comp ...

Species

*'' Perittia aganopa'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Perittia andoi'' Inoue et al., 1982 *'' Perittia antauges'' Kaila, 2011 *'' Perittia biloba'' Sruoga, 1990 *'' Perittia carlinella'' (Walsingham, 1908) *'' Perittia cinereipunctella'' Turati, 1930 *'' Perittia constantinella'' (Rebel, 1901) *'' Perittia cygnodiella'' (Busck, 1921) *'' Perittia daleris'' Kaila, 2011 *'' Perittia deroga'' Kaila, 2011 *'' Perittia echiella'' (de Joannis, 1902) *'' Perittia eremonoma'' (Braun, 1948) *'' Perittia ernsti'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia eselkopensis'' Mey, 2011 *'' Perittia farinella'' (Thunberg, 1794) *'' Perittia fraudatrix'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia granadensis'' (Traugott-Olsen, 1995) *'' Perittia herrichiella'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) *'' Perittia huemeri'' (Traugott-Olsen, 1990) *'' Perittia infumata'' (Meyrick, 1914) (previously in ''Phthinostoma'') *'' Perittia junnilaisella'' Kaila, 2009 *'' Perittia karadaghella'' Sinev & Budashkin, 1991 *'' Perittia lonicerae'' (Zimmerman and Bradley, 1950) *'' Perittia mastodon'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia metaxea'' (Kaila, 1995) *'' Perittia minitaurella'' Kaila, 2009 *'' Perittia morgana'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia mucronata'' (Parenti, 2001) *'' Perittia nephele'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia nimbifera'' (Meyrick, 1913) *'' Perittia obscurepunctella'' (Stainton, 1848) *'' Perittia ochrella'' (Sinev, 1992) *'' Perittia pachyzona'' (Meyrick, 1921) (previously in ''Phthinostoma'') *'' Perittia passula'' Kaila, 1995 *'' Perittia patagonica'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia petrosa'' Sruoga, 1992 *'' Perittia piperatella'' (Staudinger, 1859) *'' Perittia punatensis'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia ramona'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia ravida'' Kaila, 2009 *'' Perittia regina'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia secutrix'' Meyrick, 1914 *'' Perittia sepulchrella'' (Stainton, 1872) *'' Perittia serica'' (Kaila, 1995) *'' Perittia sibirica'' Sinev, 1992 *'' Perittia smaragdophanes'' (Meyrick, 1932) *'' Perittia spermatopis'' (Meyrick, 1933) *'' Perittia tectusella'' Sruoga, 1997 *'' Perittia tucumana'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia unicolorella'' Sinev, 1992 *'' Perittia unifasciella'' Sinev, 1992 *'' Perittia weberella'' Whitebread, 1984

Former species

*'' Perittia falciferella'' Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009 *'' Perittia gnoma'' Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009 *'' Perittia olelella'' Westwood in Wood, 1854 *'' Perittia podonosmella'' (Amsel, 1953) *'' Perittia spatulata'' Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009 *'' 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
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* , 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 {{Elachistidae-stub