''Stenoptinea'' is a
genus
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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
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, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the
subfamily
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Meessiinae
The Meessiinae are a subfamily of moth of the family (biology), family Tineidae.
Genera
* ''Afrocelestis''
* ''Agnathosia''
* ''Agoraula''
* ''Augolychna''
* ''Bathroxena''
* ''Clinograptis''
* ''Diachorisia''
* ''Doleromorphia''
* ''Drimylasti ...
. It was originally established as a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...
of ''
Homosetia'', but later separated to become a genus in its own right.
Only three species are placed in ''Stenoptinea'' at present:
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and see references in Savela (2003)
* ''
Stenoptinea auriferella''
(Dietz, 1905)
* ''
Stenoptinea cyaneimarmorella''
(Millière, 1854) (= ''S. angustipennis'')
* ''
Stenoptinea ornatella''
(Dietz, 1905)
Footnotes
References
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Stenoptinea'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
*
010 010 may refer to:
* 10 (number)
* 8 (number) in octal numeral notation
* Motorola 68010, a microprocessor released by Motorola in 1982
* 010, the telephone area code of Beijing
* 010, the Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest ...
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Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera) Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
* (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2003-DEC-28. Retrieved 2010-MAY-03.
Meessiinae
Moth genera
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