Perittia is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. It occurs in Eurasia, North and South Africa, Hawaii, and the Americas.
Species
- Perittia aganopa <small>(Meyrick, 1911)</small>
- Perittia andoi <small>Inoue et al., 1982</small>
- Perittia antauges <small>Kaila, 2011</small>
- Perittia biloba <small>Sruoga, 1990</small>
- Perittia carlinella <small>(Walsingham, 1908)</small>
- Perittia cinereipunctella <small>Turati, 1930</small>
- Perittia constantinella <small>(Rebel, 1901)</small>
- Perittia cygnodiella <small>(Busck, 1921)</small>
- Perittia daleris <small>Kaila, 2011</small>
- Perittia deroga <small>Kaila, 2011</small>
- Perittia echiella <small>(de Joannis, 1902)</small>
- Perittia eremonoma <small>(Braun, 1948)</small>
- Perittia ernsti <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
- Perittia eselkopensis <small>Mey, 2011</small>
- Perittia farinella <small>(Thunberg, 1794)</small>
- Perittia fraudatrix <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
- Perittia granadensis <small>(Traugott-Olsen, 1995)</small>
- Perittia herrichiella <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)</small>
- Perittia huemeri <small>(Traugott-Olsen, 1990)</small>
- Perittia infumata <small>(Meyrick, 1914)</small> (previously in Phthinostoma)
- Perittia junnilaisella <small>Kaila, 2009</small>
- Perittia karadaghella <small>Sinev & Budashkin, 1991</small>
- Perittia lonicerae <small>(Zimmerman and Bradley, 1950)</small>
- Perittia mastodon <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
- Perittia metaxea <small>(Kaila, 1995)</small>
- Perittia minitaurella <small>Kaila, 2009</small>
- Perittia morgana <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
- Perittia mucronata <small>(Parenti, 2001)</small>
- Perittia nephele <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
- Perittia nimbifera <small>(Meyrick, 1913)</small>
- Perittia obscurepunctella <small>(Stainton, 1848)</small>
- Perittia ochrella <small>(Sinev, 1992)</small>
- Perittia pachyzona <small>(Meyrick, 1921)</small> (previously in Phthinostoma)
- Perittia passula <small>Kaila, 1995</small>
- Perittia patagonica <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
- Perittia petrosa <small>Sruoga, 1992</small>
- Perittia piperatella <small>(Staudinger, 1859)</small>
- Perittia punatensis <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
- Perittia ramona <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
- Perittia ravida <small>Kaila, 2009</small>
- Perittia regina <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
- Perittia secutrix <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
- Perittia sepulchrella <small>(Stainton, 1872)</small>
- Perittia serica <small>(Kaila, 1995)</small>
- Perittia sibirica <small>Sinev, 1992</small>
- Perittia smaragdophanes <small>(Meyrick, 1932)</small>
- Perittia spermatopis <small>(Meyrick, 1933)</small>
- Perittia tectusella <small>Sruoga, 1997</small>
- Perittia tucumana <small>Kaila, 2000</small>
- Perittia unicolorella <small>Sinev, 1992</small>
- Perittia unifasciella <small>Sinev, 1992</small>
- Perittia weberella <small>Whitebread, 1984</small>
Former species
References
Further reading
- (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. Abstract & excerpt
- , 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.