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Genus: | Pectinivalva Scoble, 1983 |
Pectinivalva is a genus of moths of the family Nepticulidae.
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Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes. These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, include the smallest of all living moths, with a wingspan that can be as little as 3 mm in the case of the European pigmy sorrel moth, but more usually 3.5–10 mm. The wings of adult moths are narrow and lanceolate, sometimes with metallic markings, and with the venation very simplified compared to most other moths.
The Batrachedridae are a small family of tiny moths. These are small, slender moths which rest with their wings wrapped tightly around their bodies.
Pterolonchidae is a small family of very small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. There are species native to every continent except Australia and Antarctica.
Ectoedemia is a genus of moths in the family Nepticulidae. It consists of the subgenera Ectoedemia, Etainia, Fomoria and Zimmermannia.
Diplopseustis is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Lathrotelinae of the family Crambidae. It was described in 1884 be Edward Meyrick with Cymoriza minimaButler, 1881 as its type species, which is now considered a synonym of Diplopseustis perieresalis.
Stigmella is a genus of moths of the family Nepticulidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.
Acalyptris is a genus of moths of the family Nepticulidae.
Roscidotoga is a genus of moths of the family Nepticulidae.
Trifurcula is a genus of moths of the family Nepticulidae. For the Triassic aged ray-fin "Glaucolepis" Stensiö, 1921 see Pteronisculus.
Ectoedemia hadronycha is a moth of the family Nepticulidae and belongs to the Fomoria subgenus of Ectoedemia. It is endemic to Australia, where it is found along the north-eastern coast of Queensland.
Pectinivalva primigena is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Parafomoria is a genus of moths of the family Nepticulidae.
Fomoria pteliaeella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Kentucky and Ohio in the United States.
Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wingspan of up to 66 mm, making them giants among the micromoths.
Pectinivalva mystaconota is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is known from scattered localities in eastern Australia from Wellington, New South Wales south to Mount Nelson, Hobart, Tasmania.
Pectinivalva brevipalpa is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in New South Wales.
Pectinivalva quintiniae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland.
Pectinivalva tribulatrix is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in northern Queensland.
Pectinivalva xenadelpha is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Borneo, east Kalimantan.