Tinea (moth)
TaxonTinea
AuthorityLinnaeus, 1758
Type speciesPhalaena (Tinea) pellionella
Type species authorityLinnaeus, 1758
Subdivision ranksSpecies
SubdivisionSeveral, see text
SynonymsNumerous, see text

Tinea is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Tineinae. As evident by its name, it is the type genus of its subfamily and family. Established as one of the first subgroups of "Phalaena", it used to contain many species of Tineidae that are nowadays placed in other genera, as well as a few moths nowadays placed elsewhere.[1]

Selected species

Species of Tinea include:[2]

Species formerly placed here include for example Ceratobia oxymora. Before the 19th century, many unrelated moths were placed in Tinea at one time or another.

Synonyms

Junior synonyms of Tinea are:[3]

  • Acedes Hübner, [1825]
  • Autoses Hübner, [1825]
  • Chrysoryctis Meyrick, 1886
  • Dystinea Börner in Brohmer, 1925
  • Monopina[verification needed] Zagulyaev, 1955
  • Scleroplasta Meyrick, 1919
  • Ses Hübner, 1822
  • Taenia (lapsus; non Linnaeus, 1758: preoccupied)
  • Tinaea (lapsus)
  • Tinearia Rafinesque, 1815 (unjustified emendation; non Schellenberg, 1803: preoccupied)
  • Tineopis Zagulyaev, 1960

Edosa is sometimes included in Tinea; it is here treated as doubtfully distinct genus for the time being.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2009)
  2. ^ ABRS (2008), FE (2009), Robinson [2010], and see references in Savela (2009)
  3. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), ABRS (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2009)
  4. ^ FE (2009), Robinson [2010], and see references in Savela (2009)

References