''Perittia'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s of the family

Elachistidae The Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) are a family of small moths in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lumpers and splitters, lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly result ...

. It occurs in Eurasia, North and South Africa, Hawaii, and the Americas.

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 ''Perittia eselkopensis'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Wolfram Mey in 2011. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country ...

'' Mey, 2011 *'' Perittia farinella'' (Thunberg, 1794) *'' Perittia fraudatrix'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia granadensis'' (Traugott-Olsen, 1995) *'' Perittia herrichiella'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) *''

Perittia huemeri ''Perittia huemeri'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Hungary, Croatia and Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called E ...

'' (Traugott-Olsen, 1990) *''

Perittia infumata ''Perittia infumata'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in South Africa. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 7 ...

'' (Meyrick, 1914) (previously in ''Phthinostoma'') *''

Perittia junnilaisella ''Perittia junnilaisella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in S ...

'' Kaila, 2009 *''

Perittia karadaghella ''Perittia karadaghella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Ukraine and Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East ...

'' Sinev & Budashkin, 1991 *''

Perittia lonicerae ''Perittia lonicerae'', the honeysuckle leaf miner, is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It was first discovered in Hawaii in 1949. It was later found in Japan in 1982, although it was described as new. Several other species are known from the ea ...

'' (Zimmerman and Bradley, 1950) *''

Perittia mastodon ''Perittia mastodon'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an ...

'' Kaila, 2000 *''

Perittia metaxea ''Perittia metaxea'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana ...

'' (Kaila, 1995) *''

Perittia minitaurella ''Perittia minitaurella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Greece (Crete Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, ...

'' Kaila, 2009 *''

Perittia morgana ''Perittia morgana'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the ...

'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia mucronata'' (Parenti, 2001) *'' Perittia nephele'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia nimbifera'' (Meyrick, 1913) *''

Perittia obscurepunctella ''Perittia obscurepunctella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe. Description The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The forewings are light shining grey, somewhat darker-sprinkled; plical stigma dark fuscous, elongate, followed by so ...

'' (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 ''Perittia sibirica'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Russia (Irkutsk and the southern Ural Mountains). The larvae feed on ''Lonicera tatarica ''Lonicera tatarica'' is a species of honeysuckle known by the common name Tatar ...

'' 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

Species

Former species

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