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Perittia

genus of insects

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ7168881 ↗
Source-derived summary

Perittia is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. It occurs in Eurasia, North and South Africa, Hawaii, and the Americas.

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

Further reading

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.

Kaila, Lauri (1999): Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea); Phylogeny and classification. Retrieved 2 November 2010.

Kaila, Lauri, 2000: A review of the South American Elachistidae s.

Editorial summary

“Perittia” enters the record as genus of insects. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Perittia, genus and insects can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 1854, 1953, 1995—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Perittia, genus and insects.
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“Perittia” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Perittia, genus and insects provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7168881. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2009, 1854, 1953 and 1995.

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This entry incorporates text from “Perittia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.