Exaeretia

Exaeretia is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It is placed in the family Depressariidae, which is often – particularly in older treatments – considered a subfamily of Oecophoridae or included in the Elachistidae.[1]

Exaeretia
Exaeretia allisella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Division:
Ditrysia
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Exaeretia

Stainton, 1849
Type species
Exaeretia allisella
Stainton , 1849
Synonyms
  • Despressariodes Turati, 1924
  • Martyrhilda Clarke, 1941

Selected species

Footnotes
  1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)

References
  • Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Exaeretia. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2012-JAN-24.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Exaeretia. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2012-JAN-24.
  • Savela, Markku (2010): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Exaeretia. Version of 2003-DEC-29. Retrieved 2012-JAN-24.
  • Hannemann, H.J., 1990: Neue Depressarien (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 37 (1-3): 137–144. Abstract: doi:10.1002/mmnd.19900370126.
  • Liu, S.; Wang, S. 2010: One new species and three newly recorded species of the genus Exaeretia Stainton, 1849 (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Depressariinae) from China. Zootaxa, 2444: 45–50. Preview
  • Stainton, 1849, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (1) 5: 152.
  • Wang, Shu-Xia, 2005, A review of the genus Exaeretia from China, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae), Oriental Insects 39: 147-155.
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