''Ithome'' 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 in the family
Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described ...
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Species
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Ithome anthraceuta
''Ithome anthraceuta'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Peru.
References
Moths described in 1915
Chrysopeleiinae
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(Meyrick, 1915)
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Ithome aquila
''Ithome aquila'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1978. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida.
Adults have been recorded from October to January and in May.
The lar ...
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Hodges, 1978
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Ithome cathidrota
''Ithome cathidrota'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of Sou ...
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(Meyrick, 1915)
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Ithome chersota
''Ithome chersota'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions i ...
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(Meyrick, 1915)
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Ithome concolorella
''Ithome concolorella'', the kiawe flower moth, is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875. It is found in the southern United States, including Texas, southern Arizona and Flo ...
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( Chambers, 1875) (syn: ''Ithome unimaculella''
Chambers, 1875, ''Ithome unomaculella'')
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Ithome curvipunctella
''Ithome curvipunctella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey in 1892. It is found in the West Indies ( Puerto Rico) and Florida.
The wingspan is about 7 mm for males and 8 mm for females. ...
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(Walsingham, 1892) (syn: ''Eriphia quinquepunctata''
Forbes, 1931
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Ithome edax
''Ithome edax'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges
Ronald William Hodges (August 7, 1934 – December 10, 2017), known as Ron, was an American entomologist and lepidopterist.
Hodges was born on ...
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Hodges, 1962
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Ithome ferax
''Ithome ferax'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1962. I feraz is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western ...
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Hodges, 1962
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Ithome fuscula
''Ithome fuscula'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes
William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (April 23, 1885 Westborough – April 12, 1968 Worcester) was an American entomologist who ...
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Forbes, 1931
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Ithome iresiarcha
''Ithome iresiarcha'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of Sou ...
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(Meyrick, 1915)
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Ithome lassula
''Ithome lassula'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1962. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida. It was introduced into Australia by accident, where it is now found ...
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Hodges, 1962
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Ithome pelasta
''Ithome pelasta'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South ...
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(Meyrick, 1915)
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Ithome pernigrella
''Ithome pernigrella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes
William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (April 23, 1885 Westborough – April 12, 1968 Worcester) was an American entomologist ...
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(Forbes, 1931)
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Ithome pignerata
''Ithome pignerata'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil.
References
Moths described in 1922
Chrysopeleiinae
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(Meyrick, 1922)
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Ithome simulatrix
''Ithome simulatrix'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges
Ronald William Hodges (August 7, 1934 – December 10, 2017), known as Ron, was an American entomologist and lepidopterist.
Hodges was bo ...
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Hodges, 1978
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Ithome tiaynai
''Ithome tiaynai'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in northern Chile.
The wingspan is about 9 mm.
The larvae feed on ''Acacia macracantha
''Vachellia macracantha'' is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae. I ...
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H.A. Vargas, 2004
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Ithome volcanica
''Ithome volcanica'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Bernard Landry in 2001. It is found on the Galápagos Islands.
References
Moths described in 2001
Chrysopeleiinae
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Landry, 2001
Former species
*''Ithome erransella'' is now ''
Perimede erransella
''Perimede erransella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1874. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia and southern Quebec to Florida, Kentucky and Louisiana. ...
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Chambers, 1874
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database* , 1961: The genus ''Ithome'' in North America (Walshiidae). ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'' 15 (2): 81–90. Full article
* , 2004: Una nueva especie de ''Ithome'' Chambers (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae: Chrysopeleiinae) del norte de Chile. ''Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat.'' 77: 285–292. Abstract and full article: .
Chrysopeleiinae
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