''Tinea'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

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 ''Phalaena'' is an obsolete genus of Lepidoptera used by Carl Linnaeus to house most moths. ''Phalaena'' was one of three genera used by Linnaeus to cover all Lepidoptera. ''Papilio'' included all butterflies at that time, ''Sphinx'' included al ...

"'', it used to contain many species of Tineidae that are nowadays placed in other genera, as well as a few moths nowadays placed elsewhere.

Selected species

Species of ''Tinea'' include: * ''

Tinea antricola ''Tinea antricola'' is a cave-dwelling moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from India, Sumatra, Indonesia and Malaysia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other w ...

'' Meyrick, 1924 * '' Tinea apicimaculella'' Chambers, 1875 * ''

Tinea atmogramma ''Tinea atmogramma'' is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. However the placement of this species within the genus ''Tinea'' is in doubt. As a result, this species has been referred to as ''Tinea' ...

'' Meyrick, 1927 * ''

Tinea basifasciella Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Ragonot, 1895 * ''

Tinea behrensella Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Chambers, 1875 * ''

Tinea bothniella ''Tinea bothniella'' is a moth belonging to the family Tineidae. The species was first described by Svensson in 1953. It is native to Northern Europe The northern region of Europe has several definitions. A restrictive definition may des ...

'' Svensson, 1953 * ''

Tinea carnariella Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Clemens, 1859 * ''

Tinea chaotica Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Meyrick, 1893 * ''

Tinea columbariella ''Tinea columbariella'' is a moth belonging to the family Tineidae. The species was first described by Wocke in 1877. It has a cosmopolitan distribution. Description Wingspan 9-15 mm. Head with rust brown hair. Antennae just over half the front ...

'' Wocke, 1877 * ''

Tinea corynephora Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Turner, 1927 * ''

Tinea croceoverticella Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Chambers, 1876 * ''

Tinea drymonoma Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Turner, 1923 * ''

Tinea dubiella ''Tinea dubiella'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Tineidae. It is native to Europe. This species has been recorded in New Zealand and is regarded as being established in that country. Description Head with rust red hair.Forewing da ...

'' Stainton, 1859 * '' Tinea flavescentella'' Haworth, 1828 * '' Tinea flavofimbriella'' (Chrétien, 1925) * '' Tinea grumella'' Zeller, 1873 * ''

Tinea irrepta Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Braun, 1926 * ''

Tinea lanella Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Pierce & Metcalfe, 1934 * ''

Tinea mandarinella Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple a ...

'' Dietz, 1905 * ''

Tinea melanoptycha Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple a ...

'' (Turner, 1939) * ''

Tinea messalina Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple a ...

'' Robinson, 1979 * '' Tinea misceella'' Chambers, 1873 * ''

Tinea murariella Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple a ...

'' Staudinger, 1859 * ''

Tinea niveocapitella Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Chambers, 1875 * ''

Tinea occidentella ''Tinea occidentella'' is a species of moth of the family Tineidae. It has a relatively large forewing from ca. . The moth is dark grey with lighter central region of the forewing within which a darker spot or fleck is prominent. The common n ...

'' Chambers, 1880 * ''

Tinea omichlopis Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple a ...

'' Meyrick, 1928 (= ''T. nonimella'') * '' Tinea pallescentella'' Stainton, 1851 (= ''T. galeatella'') * '' Tinea pellionella'' – case-bearing clothes moth * '' Tinea poecilella'' Rebel, 1940 * '' Tinea porphyropa'' Meyrick, 1927 * '' Tinea porphyrota'' Meyrick, 1893 (tentatively placed here) * ''

Tinea prensoria ''Tinea prensoria'' is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Anta ...

'' Meyrick, 1931 * ''

Tinea semifulvella ''Tinea semifulvella'' is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family (Tineidae), and therein to the nominate subfamily Tineinae. It is widespread and common in much of the western Palearctic, but seems to be absent from Port ...

'' * ''

Tinea sequens ''Tinea sequens'' is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1919. It is known from Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America ...

'' Meyrick, 1919 * '' Tinea steueri'' Petersen, 1966 * ''

Tinea straminiella Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Chambers, 1873 * ''

Tinea svenssoni ''Tinea svenssoni'' is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in northern Europe (Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic region), Russia, as well as North America where has been recorded from Québec. The wingspan is . The forewings are uniform ...

'' Opheim, 1965 * '' Tinea thoracestrigella'' Chambers, 1876 * ''

Tinea translucens ''Tinea translucens'' is a moth belonging to the family Tineidae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It has a cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a tax ...

'' Meyrick, 1917 * ''

Tinea tridectis Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Meyrick, 1893 * '' Tinea trinotella'' * '' Tinea unomaculella'' Chambers, 1875 * ''

Tinea xanthostictella Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple ar ...

'' Dietz, 1905 * ''

Tinea xenodes ''Tinea xenodes'' is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from Bolivia. This species has a wingspan of 8–10 mm. The forewings are fuscous suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous. There is a small whitish-ochreous spot on ...

'' Meyrick, 1909 Species formerly placed here include for example ''

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''. Before the 19th century, many unrelated moths were placed in ''Tinea'' at one time or another.

Synonyms

Junior synonym The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...

s of ''Tinea'' are: * ''Acedes'' Hübner,

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/small> * ''Autoses'' Hübner,

/small> * ''Chrysoryctis'' Meyrick, 1886 * ''Dystinea'' Börner in Brohmer, 1925 * ''Monopina'' Zagulyaev, 1955 * ''Scleroplasta'' Meyrick, 1919 * ''Ses'' Hübner, 1822 * ''Taenia'' ('' lapsus''; ''non'' Linnaeus, 1758:

preoccupied The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linn ...

) * ''Tinaea'' (''lapsus'') * ''Tinearia'' Rafinesque, 1815 (unjustified

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; ''non'' Schellenberg, 1803:

) * ''Tineopis'' Zagulyaev, 1960 ''

Edosa ''Edosa'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Species *'' Edosa abathra'' (Meyrick, 1920) *'' Edosa albicapitella'' Gaedike, 2014 *'' Edosa amseli'' (Petersen & Gaedike, 1982) *'' Edosa audens'' (Meyrick, 1921) *''Edosa balanos ...

'' is sometimes included in ''Tinea''; it is here treated as doubtfully distinct genus for the time being.FE (2009), Robinson

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and see references in Savela (2009)

Footnotes

References

* (2008): Australian Faunal Directory &ndash
''Tinea''
Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-MAY-03. * (2009)
''Tinea''
Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-03. * (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species
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''Tinea''
Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-05. *

br>Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
Retrieved 2010-MAY-05. * (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash

Version of 2009-AUG-20. Retrieved 2010-MAY-03. Tineinae Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Tineidae genera {{Tineidae-stub