Ithome (moth)
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Ithome is a genus of moth
in the family Cosmopterigidae
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds, stems, etc of their host plants. There are about 1,500 described species...
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Species
- Ithome anthraceuta (Meyrick, 1915)
- Ithome aquila Hodges, 1978
- Ithome cathidrota (Meyrick, 1915)
- Ithome chersota (Meyrick, 1915)
- Ithome concolorellaIthome concolorellaThe Kiawe Flower Moth is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in the southern United States, including Texas, southern Arizona and Florida...
(Chambers, 1875) (syn: Ithome unimaculella Chambers, 1875, Ithome unomaculella) - Ithome curvipunctella (Walsingham, 1892) (syn: Eriphia quinquepunctata Forbes, 1931
- Ithome edax Hodges, 1962
- Ithome ferax Hodges, 1962
- Ithome iresiarcha (Meyrick, 1915)
- Ithome lassula Hodges, 1962
- Ithome pelasta (Meyrick, 1915)
- Ithome pernigrella (Forbes, 1931)
- Ithome pignerata (Meyrick, 1922)
- Ithome simulatrix Hodges, 1978
- Ithome tiaynai H.A. Vargas, 2004
Former species
- Ithome erransella is now Perimede erransella Chambers, 1874