Infurcitinea

Infurcitinea is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the Meessiinae, one of the larger fungus moth subfamilies.[1]

Infurcitinea
Infurcitinea argentimaculella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Division:	Ditrysia
Family:	Tineidae
Subfamily:	Meessiinae
Genus:	Infurcitinea Spuler, 1910
Type species
Tinea argentimaculella Stainton, 1849
Diversity
76 species
Synonyms
Numerous, see text

Species

76 species were placed in Infurcitinea as of 2003, but new species are still being discovered regularly:[2]

Infurcitinea albanica G.Petersen, 1963 Infurcitinea albicomella (Stainton, 1851) Infurcitinea albulella (Rebel, 1935) Infurcitinea amseli G.Petersen, 1957 Infurcitinea anatolica Petersen, 1968 Infurcitinea arenbergeri Gaedike, 1988 Infurcitinea argentimaculella (Stainton, 1849) Infurcitinea atrifasciella (Staudinger, 1871) Infurcitinea banatica G.Petersen, 1961 Infurcitinea belviella Gaedike, 1980 Infurcitinea brunneopterella G.Petersen, 1964 Infurcitinea captans Gozmány, 1960 Infurcitinea cyprica G.Petersen & Gaedike, 1985 Infurcitinea fasciella Gaedike, 1983 Infurcitinea finalis Gozmány, 1959 Infurcitinea frustigerella (Walsingham, 1907) Infurcitinea gaedikei Baldizzone, 1984 Infurcitinea gaedikella Nel, 2003 Infurcitinea graeca G.Petersen & Gaedike, 1983 Infurcitinea grisea G.Petersen, 1973 Infurcitinea hellenica Gaedike, 1997 Infurcitinea ignicomella (Heydenreich, 1851) Infurcitinea incertula (Meyrick, 1928) Infurcitinea iranensis G.Petersen, 1964 Infurcitinea italica (Amsel, 1954) Infurcitinea karadaghica Zagulayev, 1979

Infurcitinea karmeliella Amsel, 1935 Infurcitinea karsholti Gaedike, 1992 Infurcitinea kasyi G.Petersen, 1962 Infurcitinea klimeschi Passerin d'Entrèves, 1974 Infurcitinea lakoniae Gaedike, 1983 Infurcitinea lambessella G.Petersen, 1958 Infurcitinea litochorella G.Petersen, 1964 Infurcitinea longipennis Zagulayev, 1979 Infurcitinea luteella Forbes, 1931 Infurcitinea marcunella (Rebel, 1901) Infurcitinea marianii (Rebel, 1936) Infurcitinea maroccana G.Petersen & Gaedike, 1979 Infurcitinea maura G.Petersen, 1962 Infurcitinea media (Walsingham, 1907) Infurcitinea megalopterella G.Petersen, 1964 Infurcitinea minuscula Gozmány, 1960 Infurcitinea monteiroi Amsel, 1957 Infurcitinea nedae Gaedike, 1983 Infurcitinea nigropluviella (Walsingham, 1907) Infurcitinea nuristanica G.Petersen, 1963 Infurcitinea obscura G.Petersen, 1973 Infurcitinea obscuroides Gaedike, 1983 Infurcitinea ochridella G.Petersen, 1962 Infurcitinea olympica G.Petersen, 1958 Infurcitinea palpella Forbes, 1931

Infurcitinea parentii G.Petersen, 1964 Infurcitinea parnassiella Gaedike, 1987 Infurcitinea peterseni Baldizzone, 1984 Infurcitinea quettaella G.Petersen, 1971 Infurcitinea raddei G.Petersen, 1958 Infurcitinea rebeliella (Krone, 1907) Infurcitinea reisseri G.Petersen, 1968 Infurcitinea roesslerella (Heyden, 1865) Infurcitinea rumelicella (Rebel, 1903) Infurcitinea safedella G.Petersen, 1973 Infurcitinea sardica (Amsel, 1951) Infurcitinea sardiniella Vári, 1942 Infurcitinea senecae Gaedike, 1987 Infurcitinea siciliana G.Petersen, 1964 Infurcitinea tauridella G.Petersen, 1968 Infurcitinea taurus Gaedike, 1988 Infurcitinea teheranensis G.Petersen, 1971 Infurcitinea teriolella (Amsel, 1954) Infurcitinea toechophila (Walsingham, 1908) Infurcitinea tribertii Gaedike, 1983 Infurcitinea turcica G.Petersen, 1968 Infurcitinea vanderwolfi Gaedike, 1997 Infurcitinea vartianae G.Petersen, 1962 Infurcitinea walsinghami G.Petersen, 1962 Infurcitinea yildizae Koçak, 1981

Synonyms

Many formerly independent genera have in more recent times been included in Infurcitinea. Some of them – e.g. Karsholtia, Omichlospora and Tineiforma – are still considered distinct by some authors today. But this seems hardly justified, as splitting off such small or even monotypic groups is liable to make Infurcitinea paraphyletic, and thus the following are usually treated as junior synonyms of the present genus:[3]

• Atinea Amsel, 1954
• Atris Zagulayev, 1979
• Finalis Zagulayev, 1979
• Gozmanytinea Capuse, 1966
• Karsholtia Gaedike, 1986
• Microtinea Amsel, 1954
• Omichlospora Meyrick, 1928
• Pseudorumelis Sachkov, 1995
• Rumelis Zagulayev, 1979
• Tineiforma Amsel, 1952

Footnotes

1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)
2. Robinson [2010]
3. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009)

References

• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Infurcitinea. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Infurcitinea. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
• Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
• Savela, Markku (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Infurcitinea. Version of 2001-NBOV-04. Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.