Perittia

Perittia cinereipunctella
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

Perittia is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.

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

Kaila, Lauri (1999): Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea); Phylogeny and classification. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
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. Full article: [1]^{[permanent dead link]}
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.

Taxon identifiers
Perittia	Wikidata: Q7168881 Wikispecies: Perittia AFD: Perittia BOLD: 90189 BugGuide: 246323 ButMoth: 22351.0 CoL: 92JLG EoL: 95187 EPPO: 1PIIAG Fauna Europaea: 434250 Fauna Europaea (new): 42501777-ab9d-44a2-a32f-ededeec6c929 GBIF: 1832799 iNaturalist: 178383 IRMNG: 1370809 LepIndex: 121871 NBN: NHMSYS0000522427 NCBI: 315908 PPE: perittia