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| Porrittia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Tribe: | Pterophorini |
| Genus: | Porrittia Tutt, 1905 |
Porrittia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".
Porrittia galactodactyla, also known as the spotted white plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from most of western and central Europe. It was first described by the Austrian lepidopterists, Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.
Porrittia imbecilla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Pterophorinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Porrittia herzi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.
Porritt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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