Niditinea
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Niditinea is a genus
of the fungus moth family
, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
currently placed in Niditinea are:
Genus
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of the fungus moth family
Family (biology)
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, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
Species
The 12 or 13 speciesSpecies
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currently placed in Niditinea are:
- Niditinea baryspilas (Meyrick, 1937) (= N. unipunctella)
- Niditinea contrariella Zeller, 1877
- Niditinea erschoffi Zagulayev, 1983
- Niditinea fuscellaNiditinea fuscellaThe Brown-dotted Clothes Moth is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family , and therein to the nominate subfamily Tineinae. It is the type species of its genus Niditinea.It is widespread and common in much of western Eurasia The Brown-dotted Clothes Moth (Niditinea...
– Brown-dotted Clothes Moth - Niditinea nigrocapitella Zagulajev, 1960
- Niditinea orleansella (Chambers, 1873)
- Niditinea pallidorsella (Zeller, 1877)
- Niditinea piercella (Bentinck, 1935) (= N. ignotella (Zagulajev, 1956; non Walker, 1863: preoccupiedCrypsithyrodes concolorellaCrypsithyrodes concolorella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It has been recorded from Australia, French Polynesia, the Seychelles, Fiji, Hawaii, Java, Rennell Island, the Caroline Islands and Malaya....
), N. distinguenda. Sometimes in striolella) - Niditinea praeumbrata (Meyrick, 1919) (= N. negreai, N. scotocleptes)
- Niditinea sinensis Petersen & Gaedike, 1993
- Niditinea striolella (Matsumura, 1931) (= N. pacifella, N. semidivisa)
- Niditinea truncicolella (Tengström, 1848) (= N. rosenbergerella)
- Niditinea tugurialis (Meyrick, 1932)