Perittia

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]

Perittia
Perittia obscurepunctella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Subfamily:	Elachistinae
Genus:	Perittia Stainton, 1854
Synonyms
List 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

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

1. "Perittia Stainton, 1854". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.199. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
2. Savela, Markku. "Perittia Stainton, 1854". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

Further reading

• Kaila, Lauri (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.
• Kaila, Lauri (1999): Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea); Phylogeny and classification. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
• Kaila, Lauri, 2000: A review of the South American Elachistidae s. str. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), with descriptions of 15 new species. Steenstrupia 25 (2): 159-193.
• Kaila, L. 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
• Mey, W., 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146-261.
• Sruoga, V.; de Prins, J. 2009: The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa, 2172: 1-31. Abstract & excerpt
• Whitebread, S.E., 1984: A new species of Perittia Stainton from Switzerland (Elachistidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 7 (3): 271-281.