Tinea (moth)
Tinea is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Tineinae. As evident by its name, it is the type genus of its subfamily and family. Established as one of the first subgroups of "Phalaena", it used to contain many species of Tineidae that are nowadays placed in other genera, as well as a few moths nowadays placed elsewhere.
| Tinea | |
|---|---|
| Case-bearing clothes moth (T. pellionella), adult from Commanster (Belgian Ardennes) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Tineinae |
| Genus: | Tinea Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Phalaena (Tinea) pellionella Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
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Several, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Numerous, see text | |
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