''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'' Mey, 2011 *'' Perittia farinella'' (Thunberg, 1794) *'' Perittia fraudatrix'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia granadensis'' (Traugott-Olsen, 1995) *'' Perittia herrichiella'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) *'' Perittia huemeri'' (Traugott-Olsen, 1990) *'' Perittia infumata'' (Meyrick, 1914) (previously in ''Phthinostoma'') *'' Perittia junnilaisella'' Kaila, 2009 *'' Perittia karadaghella'' Sinev & Budashkin, 1991 *'' Perittia lonicerae'' (Zimmerman and Bradley, 1950) *'' Perittia mastodon'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia metaxea'' (Kaila, 1995) *'' Perittia minitaurella'' Kaila, 2009 *'' Perittia morgana'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia mucronata'' (Parenti, 2001) *'' Perittia nephele'' Kaila, 2000 *'' Perittia nimbifera'' (Meyrick, 1913) *'' Perittia obscurepunctella'' (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'' 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

References

* * (1999): Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
Phylogeny and classification
Retrieved 2 November 2010. * , 2000: A review of the South American ''Elachistidae'' s. str. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), with descriptions of 15 new species. ''Steenstrupia'' 25 (2): 159-193. * 2009: Notes on the genus ''Perittia'' of the West Palaearctic region with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). ''Zootaxa'', 2230: 16-28
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* , 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie'' Memoir 6: 146-261. * ; 2009: The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species. ''Zootaxa'', 2172: 1-31
Abstract & excerpt
* , 1984: A new species of ''Perittia'' Stainton from Switzerland (Elachistidae). ''Nota Lepidopterologica'' 7 (3): 271-281. Elachistidae Moth genera Taxa named by Henry Tibbats Stainton {{Elachistidae-stub

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