''Infurcitinea'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of the

fungus moth Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the

Meessiinae The Meessiinae are a subfamily of moth of the family (biology), family Tineidae. Genera * ''Afrocelestis'' * ''Agnathosia'' * ''Agoraula'' * ''Augolychna'' * ''Bathroxena'' * ''Clinograptis'' * ''Diachorisia'' * ''Doleromorphia'' * ''Drimylasti ...

, one of the larger fungus moth

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Species

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

were placed in ''Infurcitinea'' as of 2003, but new species are still being discovered regularly: * '' Infurcitinea albanica'' G.Petersen, 1963 * '' Infurcitinea albicomella'' (Stainton, 1851) * '' Infurcitinea albulella'' (Rebel, 1935) * '' Infurcitinea amseli'' G.Petersen, 1957 * '' Infurcitinea anatolica'' Petersen, 1968 * '' Infurcitinea arenbergeri'' Gaedike, 1988 * ''

Infurcitinea argentimaculella ''Infurcitinea argentimaculella'', the silver-barred clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton, Stainton in 1849. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal, Latvia, Lithuania and th ...

'' (Stainton, 1849) * '' Infurcitinea atrifasciella'' (Staudinger, 1871) * '' Infurcitinea banatica'' G.Petersen, 1961 * ''

Infurcitinea belviella ''Infurcitinea'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the Meessiinae, one of the larger fungus moth subfamilies. Species 76 species were placed in ''Infurcitinea'' as of 2003, but new species are still being dis ...

'' Gaedike, 1980 * '' Infurcitinea brunneopterella'' G.Petersen, 1964 * '' Infurcitinea captans'' Gozmány, 1960 * '' Infurcitinea cyprica'' G.Petersen & Gaedike, 1985 * '' Infurcitinea fasciella'' Gaedike, 1983 * '' Infurcitinea finalis'' Gozmány, 1959 * '' Infurcitinea frustigerella'' (Walsingham, 1907) * '' Infurcitinea gaedikei'' Baldizzone, 1984 * '' Infurcitinea gaedikella'' Nel, 2003 * '' Infurcitinea graeca'' G.Petersen & Gaedike, 1983 * '' Infurcitinea grisea'' G.Petersen, 1973 * '' Infurcitinea hellenica'' Gaedike, 1997 * '' Infurcitinea ignicomella'' (Heydenreich, 1851) * '' Infurcitinea incertula'' (Meyrick, 1928) * '' Infurcitinea iranensis'' G.Petersen, 1964 * '' Infurcitinea italica'' (Amsel, 1954) * '' Infurcitinea karadaghica'' Zagulayev, 1979 * '' Infurcitinea karmeliella'' Amsel, 1935 * '' Infurcitinea karsholti'' Gaedike, 1992 * '' Infurcitinea kasyi'' G.Petersen, 1962 * '' Infurcitinea klimeschi'' Passerin d'Entrèves, 1974 * '' Infurcitinea lakoniae'' Gaedike, 1983 * ''

Infurcitinea lambessella ''Infurcitinea'' is a genus of the fungus moth family (biology), family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the Meessiinae, one of the larger fungus moth subfamilies. Species 76 species were placed in ''Infurcitinea'' as of 2003, but new species a ...

'' G.Petersen, 1958 * '' Infurcitinea litochorella'' G.Petersen, 1964 * '' Infurcitinea longipennis'' Zagulayev, 1979 * '' Infurcitinea luteella'' Forbes, 1931 * '' Infurcitinea marcunella'' (Rebel, 1901) * '' Infurcitinea marianii'' (Rebel, 1936) * '' Infurcitinea maroccana'' G.Petersen & Gaedike, 1979 * '' Infurcitinea maura'' G.Petersen, 1962 * '' Infurcitinea media'' (Walsingham, 1907) * '' Infurcitinea megalopterella'' G.Petersen, 1964 * '' Infurcitinea minuscula'' Gozmány, 1960 * '' Infurcitinea monteiroi'' Amsel, 1957 * '' Infurcitinea nedae'' Gaedike, 1983 * '' Infurcitinea nigropluviella'' (Walsingham, 1907) * '' Infurcitinea nuristanica'' G.Petersen, 1963 * '' Infurcitinea obscura'' G.Petersen, 1973 * '' Infurcitinea obscuroides'' Gaedike, 1983 * '' Infurcitinea ochridella'' G.Petersen, 1962 * '' Infurcitinea olympica'' G.Petersen, 1958 * '' Infurcitinea palpella'' Forbes, 1931 * '' Infurcitinea parentii'' G.Petersen, 1964 * '' Infurcitinea parnassiella'' Gaedike, 1987 * '' Infurcitinea peterseni'' Baldizzone, 1984 * '' Infurcitinea quettaella'' G.Petersen, 1971 * '' Infurcitinea raddei'' G.Petersen, 1958 * '' Infurcitinea rebeliella'' (Krone, 1907) * '' Infurcitinea reisseri'' G.Petersen, 1968 * '' Infurcitinea roesslerella'' (Heyden, 1865) * '' Infurcitinea rumelicella'' (Rebel, 1903) * '' Infurcitinea safedella'' G.Petersen, 1973 * '' Infurcitinea sardica'' (Amsel, 1951) * '' Infurcitinea sardiniella'' Vári, 1942 * '' Infurcitinea senecae'' Gaedike, 1987 * '' Infurcitinea siciliana'' G.Petersen, 1964 * '' Infurcitinea tauridella'' G.Petersen, 1968 * '' Infurcitinea taurus'' Gaedike, 1988 * '' Infurcitinea teheranensis'' G.Petersen, 1971 * '' Infurcitinea teriolella'' (Amsel, 1954) * '' Infurcitinea toechophila'' (Walsingham, 1908) * '' Infurcitinea tribertii'' Gaedike, 1983 * '' Infurcitinea turcica'' G.Petersen, 1968 * '' Infurcitinea vanderwolfi'' Gaedike, 1997 * '' Infurcitinea vartianae'' G.Petersen, 1962 * '' Infurcitinea walsinghami'' G.Petersen, 1962 * '' Infurcitinea yildizae'' Koçak, 1981

Synonyms

Many formerly independent genera have in more recent times been included in ''Infurcitinea''. Some of them – e.g. ''Karsholtia'', ''Omichlospora'' and ''Tineiforma'' – are still considered distinct by some authors today. But this seems hardly justified, as splitting off such small or even

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

groups is liable to make ''Infurcitinea''

paraphyletic Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In co ...

, and thus the following are usually treated as

junior synonym In taxonomy, the scientific classification of living organisms, a synonym is an alternative scientific name for the accepted scientific name of a taxon. The botanical and zoological codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. ...

s of the present genus:Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009) * ''Atinea'' Amsel, 1954 * ''Atris'' Zagulayev, 1979 * ''Finalis'' Zagulayev, 1979 * ''Gozmanytinea'' Capuse, 1966 * ''Karsholtia'' Gaedike, 1986 * ''Microtinea'' Amsel, 1954 * ''Omichlospora'' Meyrick, 1928 * ''Pseudorumelis'' Sachkov, 1995 * ''Rumelis'' Zagulayev, 1979 * ''Tineiforma'' Amsel, 1952

Footnotes

References

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