Mendesia

Perittia is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.

Species

Former species

• Perittia falciferella Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009
• Perittia gnoma Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009
• Perittia olelella Westwood in Wood, 1854
• Perittia podonosmella (Amsel, 1953)
• Perittia spatulata Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009
• Perittia tantilla Sruoga & J. de Prins, 2009

References

• Kaila, Lauri (1999): Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea); Phylogeny and classification. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
• Kaila, Lauri, 1995: A revision of the North American Perittia (= Onceroptila), with first nearctic records of the genus Mendesia (Elachistidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49 (3): 208-222. Full article: [1]
• Kaila, Lauri, 2000: A review of the South American Elachistidae s. str. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), with descriptions of 15 new species. Steenstrupia 25 (2): 159-193.
• Kaila, L. 2009: Notes on the genus Perittia of the West Palaearctic region with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Zootaxa, 2230: 16-28. Abstract & excerpt
• Mey, W., 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146-261.
• Sruoga, V.; de Prins, J. 2009: The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa, 2172: 1-31. Abstract & excerpt
• Whitebread, S.E., 1984: A new species of Perittia Stainton from Switzerland (Elachistidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 7 (3): 271-281.