Perittia

{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = 38.001 BF590 Perittia obscurepunctella M (4567561844).jpg | image_caption = ''Perittia obscurepunctella'' | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Perittia | authority = Stainton, 1854 | synonyms = {{collapsible 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 }}}} '''''Perittia''''' is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.<ref name="Global Lepidoptera Index"/><ref name=Savela/> It occurs in Eurasia, North and South Africa, Hawaii, and the Americas.<ref name=Savela/>

==Species== {{div col}} *''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 {{div col end}}

==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== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Global Lepidoptera Index">{{cite web |url=https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/253461 |title=''Perittia'' Stainton, 1854 |work=Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.199 |date=19 July 2024 |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref>

<ref name=Savela>{{cite web |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/elachistidae/elachistinae/perittia/#Perittia |title=''Perittia'' Stainton, 1854 |author=Savela, Markku |work=Lepidoptera and some other life forms |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref> }}

==Further reading== * {{cite journal |first=Lauri |last=Kaila |year=1995 |title=A revision of the North American ''Perittia'' (=''Onceroptila''), with first nearctic records of the genus ''Mendesia'' (Elachistidae) |journal=Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=208–222 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41142318#page/224/mode/1up }} * {{aut|Kaila, Lauri}} (1999): Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea); [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00069.x/abstract Phylogeny and classification]. Retrieved 2 November 2010. * {{aut|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. * {{aut|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. [http://www.mapress.com./zootaxa/2009/f/z02230p028f.pdf Abstract & excerpt] * {{aut|Mey, W.}}, 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie'' '''Memoir 6''': 146-261. * {{aut|Sruoga, V.}}; {{aut|de Prins, J.}} 2009: The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species. ''Zootaxa'', '''2172''': 1-31. [http://www.mapress.com./zootaxa/2009/f/z02172p031f.pdf Abstract & excerpt] * {{aut|Whitebread, S.E.}}, 1984: A new species of ''Perittia'' Stainton from Switzerland (Elachistidae). ''Nota Lepidopterologica'' '''7 (3)''': 271-281.

Category:Elachistidae Category:Moth genera Category:Taxa named by Henry Tibbats Stainton Category:Taxa named by Ernst Christian Traugott-Olsen

Perittia

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