''Taleporia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small
moths
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) a ...
. 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). The "
wastebin genus" ''Solenobia'' is technically a
junior synonym
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...
of the present genus, but most of the species formerly placed there actually belong to other genera of
subfamilies
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zool ...
Taleporiinae and
Naryciinae (which is sometimes included in the former).
[See e.g. references in Savela (2009)]
Selected species
* ''
Taleporia aethiopica''
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Taleporia amariensis''
* ''
Taleporia anderegella''
* ''
Taleporia austriaca''
* ''
Taleporia autumnella''
Rebel, 1919
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Taleporia bavaralta''
* ''
Taleporia borealis''
Wocke, 1862
* ''
Taleporia caucasica''
* ''
Taleporia clandestinella''
* ''
Taleporia crepusculella''
* ''
Taleporia discussa''
* ''
Taleporia glabrella''
* ''
Taleporia gozmanyi''
* ''
Taleporia gramatella''
* ''
Taleporia guenei''
* ''
Taleporia henderickxi''
Arnscheid, 2016
* ''
Taleporia hirta''
* ''
Taleporia improvisella''
Staudinger, 1859
* ''
Taleporia isozopha''
* ''
Taleporia lefebvriella''
* ''
Taleporia mesochlora''
* ''
Taleporia minor''
* ''
Taleporia minorella''
* ''
Taleporia nana''
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Taleporia nigropterella''
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Taleporia politella''
(Ochsenheimer, 1816)
* ''
Taleporia pseudobombycella''
* ''
Taleporia pseudoimprovisella''
Witt & de Freina, 1984
* ''
Taleporia sciacta''
* ''
Taleporia shosenkyoensis''
* ''
Taleporia szocsi''
* ''
Taleporia tesserella''
* ''
Taleporia triangularis''
* ''
Taleporia trichopterella''
* ''
Taleporia tubulosa''
* ''
Taleporia zopha''
Footnotes
References
* (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
''Taleporia'' Version of 2009-JUL-07. Retrieved 2010-APR-10.
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Psychidae
Psychidae genera
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