Stenoptinea
Appearance
Stenoptinea | |
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Stenoptinea cyaneimarmorella | |
Scientific 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
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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]
- Stenoptinea auriferella (Dietz, 1905)
- Stenoptinea cyaneimarmorella (Millière, 1854) (= S. angustipennis)
- Stenoptinea ornatella (Dietz, 1905)
Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]Data related to Stenoptinea at Wikispecies
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Stenoptinea. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
- Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
- Savela, Markku (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Stenoptinea. Version of 2003-DEC-28. Retrieved 2010-MAY-03.