''Siederia'' is a
genus
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of small
moths
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. It belongs to the
bagworm moth
The Psychidae (bagworm moths, also simply bagworms or bagmoths) are a Family (biology), family of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1,350 species described. Bagworm species are found globa ...
family
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(Psychidae). Therein, it is placed in
subfamily
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Naryciinae, or, if that is not considered sufficiently distinct, in the
Taleporiinae.
Most
species
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were formerly included in the huge "
wastebin genus
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" ''Solenobia'', which is technically a
junior synonym
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...
of ''
Taleporia''.
[See e.g. references in Savela (2004)]
Species
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include:
* ''
Siederia alpicolella''
(Rebel, 1919)
* ''
Siederia cembrella''
(Linnaeus, 1761)
* ''
Siederia listerella''
* ''
Siederia meierella''
(Sieder, 1956)
* ''
Siederia meieri''
* ''
Siederia pineti''
(Zeller, 1852)
* ''
Siederia rupicolella''
(Sauter, 1954)
* ''
Siederia saxatilis''
Footnotes
References
* (2004): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
''Siederia'' Version of 2001-NOV-04. Retrieved 2010-APR-10.
Psychidae
Psychidae genera
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