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Stenoptinea

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Stenoptinea
Stenoptinea cyaneimarmorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Meessiinae
Genus: Stenoptinea
Dietz, 1905
Type species
Homosetia ornatella
Dietz, 1905
Synonyms

Celestica Meyrick, 1917[1]

Stenoptinea is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Meessiinae. It was originally established as a subgenus of Homosetia, but later separated to become a genus in its own right.[2]

Only three species are placed in Stenoptinea at present:[3]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2003)
  2. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)
  3. ^ Robinson [2010], and see references in Savela (2003)

References

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Data related to Stenoptinea at Wikispecies