Tinissa

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Tinissa
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Tinissa connata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Scardiinae
Genus: Tinissa
Walker, 1864 [1]
Type species
Tinissa torvella
Walker, 1864
Diversity
>30 species
Synonyms
  • PolymnestraMeyrick, 1927

Tinissa is a genus of the fungus moth family (Tineidae). Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Scardiinae.

Species

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References

  1. Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2012-OCTOBER-10