''Enteucha'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s of the family
Nepticulidae
Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes (see also Opostegidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae). These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, incl ...
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Species
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Enteucha acetosae
''Enteucha acetosae'', the pygmy sorrel moth, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae found in Europe. It is one of the smallest moths in the world with some having a wingspan of only 3mm. The larvae mine the leaves of docks (''Rumex'' species), le ...
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(Stainton, 1854)
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Enteucha acuta
''Enteucha acuta'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from the lowland Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingti ...
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Puplesis & Diškus, 2002
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Enteucha basidactyla
''Enteucha basidactyla'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-western coast of Florida in the United States, as well as Dominica, Belize and Ecuador. It is likely that this species has a much wider distribution in th ...
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(Davis, 1978)
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Enteucha contracolorea
''Enteucha contracolorea'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Puplesis and Robinson in 2000. It is known from Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of C ...
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Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
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Enteucha cyanochlora
''Enteucha cyanochlora'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous wo ...
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(Meyrick, 1915)
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Enteucha diplocosma
''Enteucha diplocosma'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is known from Assam, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-lar ...
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(Meyrick, 1921)
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Enteucha gilvafascia
''Enteucha gilvafascia'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in coastal southern Florida, United States.
The wingspan is 3.1-3.7 mm. Adults have been collected from April to late June and again from early October to early ...
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(Davis, 1978)
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Enteucha guajavae
''Enteucha guajavae'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found on the western foothills of the Andes in Ecuador, but probably has a much wider distribution.
The wingspan is 3.1-3.6 mm. Adults have been found in February.
The larv ...
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Puplesis & Diškus, 2002
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Enteucha hilli
''Enteucha hilli'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Puplesis and Robinson in 2000. It is known from Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central A ...
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Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
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Enteucha snaddoni
''Enteucha snaddoni'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Puplesis and Robinson in 2000. It is known from Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Centra ...
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Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
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Enteucha terricula
''Enteucha terricula'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Puplesis and Robinson in 2000. It is known from Peru
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Puplesis & Robinson, 2000
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Enteucha trinaria
''Enteucha trinaria'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Puplesis and Robinson in 2000. It is known from Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivaria ...
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(Puplesis & Robinson, 2000)
External links
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Consortium for the Barcode of Life
The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of ...
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Nepticulidae
Monotrysia genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick