| Perittia metaxea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Perittia |
| Species: | P. metaxea |
| Binomial name | |
| Perittia metaxea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Perittia metaxea is a moth of the family Elachistidae. [1] [2] [3] It is found in Texas, United States. [2] [4]
The length of the forewings is about 5 mm. [4]
The Elachistidae are a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly results in a massively paraphyletic and completely unnatural assemblage, united merely by symplesiomorphies retained from the first gelechioid moths.
Urodeta is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. The genus was originally assigned to the family Momphidae.
Perittia is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.
Perittia herrichiella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Sweden and Finland to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to the Baltic region and Romania. It has also been recorded from Russia and North America, including New York, Ontario, Indiana and Michigan. The expected range of the species is south-eastern Canada and the north-central and north-eastern parts of the United States.
Perittia cygnodiella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from British Columbia and Alberta through Washington to California.
Perittia eremonoma is a moth of the family Elachistidae described by Annette Frances Braun in 1948. It is found in the United States from Oregon, Utah, Nebraska and Colorado to California.
Perittia passula is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in California, United States.
Perittia serica is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Colorado.
Perittia andoi is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East.
Perittia ernsti is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Argentina.
Perittia fraudatrix is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Argentina.
Perittia mastodon is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Argentina.
Perittia morgana is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Chile.
Perittia nephele is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Argentina.
Perittia patagonica is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Argentina.
Perittia punatensis is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Bolivia.
Perittia ramona is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Argentina.
Perittia regina is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Argentina.
Perittia tucumana is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2000. It is found in Argentina.
Perittia smaragdophanes is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is found in Ecuador.