''Tinea'' 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 the fungus moth

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the

subfamily 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 zo ...

Tineinae. As evident by its name, it is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...

of its subfamily and family. Established as one of the first subgroups of ''" Phalaena"'', it used to contain many species of Tineidae that are nowadays placed in other genera, as well as a few

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 nowadays placed elsewhere.

Selected species

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of ''Tinea'' include: * '' Tinea accusatrix'' Meyick, 1916 (New Zealand) * '' Tinea analytica'' Meyrick, 1919 (from Guyana) * '' Tinea antricola'' Meyrick, 1924 (India, Sumatra, Indonesia and Malaysia) * '' Tinea apicimaculella'' Chambers, 1875 (North America) * '' Tinea atmogramma'' Meyrick, 1927 (New Zealand) * '' Tinea atriflua'' Meyrick, 1919 (from Ontario, Canada) * '' Tinea basifasciella'' Ragonot, 1895 * '' Tinea behrensella'' Chambers, 1875 * '' Tinea bothniella'' Svensson, 1953 * '' Tinea borboropis'' Meyrick, 1919 (from Guyana) * '' Tinea caerula'' Meyrick, 1927 (from Peru) * '' Tinea carnariella'' Clemens, 1859 * '' Tinea catalytica'' Meyrick, 1919 (from Colombia) * '' Tinea chaotica'' Meyrick, 1893 * '' Tinea chloroceros'' Meyrick, 1919 (from Ecuador) * '' Tinea columbariella'' Wocke, 1877 (cosmopolitan) * '' Tinea conferta'' Meyrick, 1914 (New Zealand) * '' Tinea conspecta'' Philpott, 1931 (New Zealand) * '' Tinea conchylitis'' Meyrick, 1919 (from Peru) * '' Tinea coracopis'' Meyrick, 1909 (from Peru) * '' Tinea corynephora'' Turner, 1927 * '' Tinea croceoverticella'' Chambers, 1876 * '' Tinea criochrysa'' Meyrick (from Brazil) * '' Tinea delotoma'' Meyrick, 1919 (from French Guyana) * '' Tinea dividua'' Philpott, 1928 * '' Tinea drymonoma'' Turner, 1923 (Australia) * '' Tinea dubiella'' Stainton, 1859 (New Zealand) * '' Tinea extracta'' Meyrick (from Guyana) * '' Tinea flavescentella'' Haworth, 1828 * '' Tinea flavofimbriella'' (Chrétien, 1925) * '' Tinea grumella'' Zeller, 1873 * '' Tinea gypsomicta'' Meyrick, 1931 (from Chile) * '' Tinea holocapna'' Meyrick, 1931 (from Argentina) * '' Tinea irrepta'' Braun, 1926 * '' Tinea isodonta'' Meyrick, 1931 (from Chile) * '' Tinea lanella'' Pierce & Metcalfe, 1934 * '' Tinea mandarinella'' Dietz, 1905 * '' Tinea melanoptycha'' (Turner, 1939) * '' Tinea messalina'' Robinson, 1979 * '' Tinea misceella'' Chambers, 1873 * '' Tinea montezuma'' Meyrick (from Bolivia)) * '' Tinea murariella'' Staudinger, 1859 * '' Tinea niveocapitella'' Chambers, 1875 * '' Tinea occidentella'' Chambers, 1880 (California, Baja California) * '' Tinea omichlopis'' Meyrick, 1928 (= ''T. nonimella'') * '' Tinea pallescentella'' Stainton, 1851 (= ''T. galeatella'') (from Argentina) * '' Tinea oxymora'' Meyrick (from Peru) * '' Tinea phaeonephela'' Meyrick (from Peru) * '' Tinea platysaris'' Meyrick (from Argentina) * '' Tinea pellionella'' – case-bearing clothes moth * '' Tinea poecilella'' Rebel, 1940 * '' Tinea porphyropa'' Meyrick, 1927 (Sumatra, Indonesia and Malaysia) * '' Tinea porphyrota'' Meyrick, 1893 (tentatively placed here) * '' Tinea praeumbrata'' Meyrick (from Guyana) * '' Tinea prensoria'' Meyrick, 1931 (from Chile) * '' Tinea semifulvella'' Haworth, 1828 (palearctic) * '' Tinea sequens'' Meyrick, 1919 (from Guyana) * '' Tinea steueri'' Petersen, 1966 * '' Tinea straminiella'' Chambers, 1873 * '' Tinea svenssoni'' Opheim, 1965 (Northern Europe & America) * '' Tinea thoracestrigella'' Chambers, 1876 * '' Tinea translucens'' Meyrick, 1917 (cosmopolitan) * '' Tinea tridectis'' Meyrick, 1893 * '' Tinea trinotella'' (Tbhunberg, 1794) (western Palearctic) * '' Tinea tylodes'' Meyrick (from Canada) * '' Tinea unomaculella'' Chambers, 1875 * '' Tinea xanthostictella'' Dietz, 1905 * '' Tinea xenodes'' Meyrick, 1909 (from Bolivia) Species formerly placed here include for example '' Ceratobia oxymora''. Before the 19th century, many unrelated moths were placed in ''Tinea'' at one time or another.

Synonyms

Junior synonym In taxonomy, the scientific classification of living organisms, a synonym is an alternative scientific name for the accepted scientific name of a taxon. The botanical and zoological codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. ...

s of ''Tinea'' are: * ''Acedes'' Hübner, 825/small> * ''Autoses'' Hübner, 825/small> * ''Chrysoryctis'' Meyrick, 1886 * ''Dystinea'' Börner in Brohmer, 1925 * ''Monopina'' Zagulyaev, 1955 * ''Scleroplasta'' Meyrick, 1919 * ''Ses'' Hübner, 1822 * ''Taenia'' ('' lapsus''; ''non'' Linnaeus, 1758: preoccupied) * ''Tinaea'' (''lapsus'') * ''Tinearia'' Rafinesque, 1815 (unjustified emendation; ''non'' Schellenberg, 1803: preoccupied) * ''Tineopis'' Zagulyaev, 1960 '' Edosa'' is sometimes included in ''Tinea''; it is here treated as doubtfully distinct genus for the time being.FE (2009), Robinson 010 and see references in Savela (2009)

Footnotes

References

* (2008): Australian Faunal Directory &ndash
''Tinea''
Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-MAY-03. * (2009)
''Tinea''
Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-03. * (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species
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''Tinea''
Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-05. * 010br>Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
Retrieved 2010-MAY-05. * (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash

Version of 2009-AUG-20. Retrieved 2010-MAY-03. Tineinae Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Tineidae genera {{Tineidae-stub