# Perittia

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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| image = 38.001 BF590 Perittia obscurepunctella M (4567561844).jpg
| image_caption = ''[Perittia obscurepunctella](/source/Perittia_obscurepunctella)'' 
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| taxon = Perittia
| authority = [Stainton](/source/Henry_Tibbats_Stainton), 1854
| synonyms = {{collapsible list|
*''Scirtopoda'' <small>Wocke in Heineman, 1876</small>
*''Mendesia'' <small>de Joannis, 1902</small>
*''Polymetis'' <small>Walsingham, 1908</small>
*''Triboloneura'' <small>Walsingham, 1908</small>
*''Phthinostoma'' <small>Mayrick, 1914</small>
*''Symphoristis'' <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
*''Aristoptila'' <small>Meyrick, 1932</small>
*''Zemiocrita'' <small>Meyrick, 1933</small>
*''Onceroptila'' <small>Braun, 1948</small>
*''Swezeyula'' <small>Zimmerman & Bradley, 1950</small>
*''Perittoides'' <small>Sinev, 1992</small>
*''Habeleria'' <small>[Traugott-Olsen](/source/Ernst_Christian_Traugott-Olsen), 1995</small>
*''Sineviana'' <small>Traugott-Olsen, 1995</small>
*''Pretoriana'' <small>Traugott-Olsen, 1995</small> (unavailable name)
*''Sruogania'' <small>Traugott-Olsen, 1995</small>
*''Bradleyana'' <small>Traugott-Olsen, 1995</small>
*''Whitebreadia'' <small>Traugott-Olsen, 1995</small>
*''Annettenia'' <small>Traugott-Olsen, 1995</small>
*''Kuznetsoviana'' <small>Traugott-Olsen, 1995</small>
*''Gautengia'' <small>Kemal & Koçak, 2006</small>
}}}}
'''''Perittia''''' is a genus of [moth](/source/moth)s of the family [Elachistidae](/source/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==
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*''[Perittia aganopa](/source/Perittia_aganopa)'' <small>(Meyrick, 1911)</small>
*''[Perittia andoi](/source/Perittia_andoi)'' <small>Inoue et al., 1982</small>
*''[Perittia antauges](/source/Perittia_antauges)'' <small>Kaila, 2011</small>
*''[Perittia biloba](/source/Perittia_biloba)'' <small>Sruoga, 1990</small>
*''[Perittia carlinella](/source/Perittia_carlinella)'' <small>(Walsingham, 1908)</small>
*''[Perittia cinereipunctella](/source/Perittia_cinereipunctella)'' <small>Turati, 1930</small>
*''[Perittia constantinella](/source/Perittia_constantinella)'' <small>(Rebel, 1901)</small>
*''[Perittia cygnodiella](/source/Perittia_cygnodiella)'' <small>(Busck, 1921)</small>
*''[Perittia daleris](/source/Perittia_daleris)'' <small>Kaila, 2011</small>
*''[Perittia deroga](/source/Perittia_deroga)'' <small>Kaila, 2011</small>
*''[Perittia echiella](/source/Perittia_echiella)'' <small>(de Joannis, 1902)</small>
*''[Perittia eremonoma](/source/Perittia_eremonoma)'' <small>(Braun, 1948)</small>
*''[Perittia ernsti](/source/Perittia_ernsti)'' <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
*''[Perittia eselkopensis](/source/Perittia_eselkopensis)'' <small>Mey, 2011</small>
*''[Perittia farinella](/source/Perittia_farinella)'' <small>(Thunberg, 1794)</small>
*''[Perittia fraudatrix](/source/Perittia_fraudatrix)'' <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
*''[Perittia granadensis](/source/Perittia_granadensis)'' <small>(Traugott-Olsen, 1995)</small>
*''[Perittia herrichiella](/source/Perittia_herrichiella)'' <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)</small>
*''[Perittia huemeri](/source/Perittia_huemeri)'' <small>(Traugott-Olsen, 1990)</small>
*''[Perittia infumata](/source/Perittia_infumata)'' <small>(Meyrick, 1914)</small> (previously in ''Phthinostoma'')
*''[Perittia junnilaisella](/source/Perittia_junnilaisella)'' <small>Kaila, 2009</small>
*''[Perittia karadaghella](/source/Perittia_karadaghella)'' <small>Sinev & Budashkin, 1991</small>
*''[Perittia lonicerae](/source/Perittia_lonicerae)'' <small>(Zimmerman and Bradley, 1950)</small>
*''[Perittia mastodon](/source/Perittia_mastodon)'' <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
*''[Perittia metaxea](/source/Perittia_metaxea)'' <small>(Kaila, 1995)</small>
*''[Perittia minitaurella](/source/Perittia_minitaurella)'' <small>Kaila, 2009</small>
*''[Perittia morgana](/source/Perittia_morgana)'' <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
*''[Perittia mucronata](/source/Perittia_mucronata)'' <small>(Parenti, 2001)</small>
*''[Perittia nephele](/source/Perittia_nephele)'' <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
*''[Perittia nimbifera](/source/Perittia_nimbifera)'' <small>(Meyrick, 1913)</small>
*''[Perittia obscurepunctella](/source/Perittia_obscurepunctella)'' <small>(Stainton, 1848)</small>
*''[Perittia ochrella](/source/Perittia_ochrella)'' <small>(Sinev, 1992)</small>
*''[Perittia pachyzona](/source/Perittia_pachyzona)'' <small>(Meyrick, 1921)</small> (previously in ''Phthinostoma'')
*''[Perittia passula](/source/Perittia_passula)'' <small>Kaila, 1995</small>
*''[Perittia patagonica](/source/Perittia_patagonica)'' <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
*''[Perittia petrosa](/source/Perittia_petrosa)'' <small>Sruoga, 1992</small>
*''[Perittia piperatella](/source/Perittia_piperatella)'' <small>(Staudinger, 1859)</small>
*''[Perittia punatensis](/source/Perittia_punatensis)'' <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
*''[Perittia ramona](/source/Perittia_ramona)'' <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
*''[Perittia ravida](/source/Perittia_ravida)'' <small>Kaila, 2009</small>
*''[Perittia regina](/source/Perittia_regina)'' <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
*''[Perittia secutrix](/source/Perittia_secutrix)'' <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
*''[Perittia sepulchrella](/source/Perittia_sepulchrella)'' <small>(Stainton, 1872)</small>
*''[Perittia serica](/source/Perittia_serica)'' <small>(Kaila, 1995)</small>
*''[Perittia sibirica](/source/Perittia_sibirica)'' <small>Sinev, 1992</small>
*''[Perittia smaragdophanes](/source/Perittia_smaragdophanes)'' <small>(Meyrick, 1932)</small>
*''[Perittia spermatopis](/source/Perittia_spermatopis)'' <small>(Meyrick, 1933)</small>
*''[Perittia tectusella](/source/Perittia_tectusella)'' <small>Sruoga, 1997</small>
*''[Perittia tucumana](/source/Perittia_tucumana)'' <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
*''[Perittia unicolorella](/source/Perittia_unicolorella)'' <small>Sinev, 1992</small>
*''[Perittia unifasciella](/source/Perittia_unifasciella)'' <small>Sinev, 1992</small>
*''[Perittia weberella](/source/Perittia_weberella)'' <small>Whitebread, 1984</small>
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==Former species==
*''[Perittia falciferella](/source/Perittia_falciferella)'' <small>Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009</small>
*''[Perittia gnoma](/source/Perittia_gnoma)'' <small>Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009</small>
*''[Perittia olelella](/source/Perittia_olelella)'' <small>Westwood in Wood, 1854</small>
*''[Perittia podonosmella](/source/Perittia_podonosmella)'' <small>(Amsel, 1953)</small>
*''[Perittia spatulata](/source/Perittia_spatulata)'' <small>Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009</small>
*''[Perittia tantilla](/source/Perittia_tantilla)'' <small>Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009</small>

==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.

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

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