Perittia is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.[1][2] It occurs in Eurasia, North and South Africa, Hawaii, and the Americas.[2]

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Perittia
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Perittia obscurepunctella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Subfamily: Elachistinae
Genus: Perittia
Stainton, 1854
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    • Scirtopoda Wocke in Heineman, 1876
    • Mendesia de Joannis, 1902
    • Polymetis Walsingham, 1908
    • Triboloneura Walsingham, 1908
    • Phthinostoma Mayrick, 1914
    • Symphoristis Meyrick, 1918
    • Aristoptila Meyrick, 1932
    • Zemiocrita Meyrick, 1933
    • Onceroptila Braun, 1948
    • Swezeyula Zimmerman & Bradley, 1950
    • Perittoides Sinev, 1992
    • Habeleria Traugott-Olsen, 1995
    • Sineviana Traugott-Olsen, 1995
    • Pretoriana Traugott-Olsen, 1995 (unavailable name)
    • Sruogania Traugott-Olsen, 1995
    • Bradleyana Traugott-Olsen, 1995
    • Whitebreadia Traugott-Olsen, 1995
    • Annettenia Traugott-Olsen, 1995
    • Kuznetsoviana Traugott-Olsen, 1995
    • Gautengia Kemal & Koçak, 2006
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