Comodica
| Comodica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Erechthiinae |
| Genus: | Comodica Meyrick, 1880 |
| Type species | |
| Comodica tetracercella Meyrick, 1880 | |
| Species | |
|
11, but see text | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Biastolemma J.F.G.Clarke, 1971 | |
Comodica is a small genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Erechthiinae. It is apparently a close relative of the type genus of its subfamily, Erechthias.[1]
It is usually delimited sensu stricto, making it a smallish genus, with 11 species presently placed here:[1]
- Comodica cirrhopolia (Turner, 1923)
- Comodica coarctata (J.F.G.Clarke, 1971)
- Comodica crypsicroca Turner, 1923
- Comodica drepanosema Turner, 1923
- Comodica lucinda Meyrick, 1927
- Comodica ordinata Walsingham, 1914
- Comodica polygrapta Meyrick, 1924
- Comodica semiades Bradley, 1956
- Comodica signata J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
- Comodica tetracercella Meyrick, 1880
- Comodica tigrina Turner, 1917
Erechthias and Comodica are not unequivocally delimited against each other yet. Some species of the former are occasionally placed in the present genus, namely:[2]
- Erechthias citrinopa
- Erechthias contributa
- Erechthias decaspila
- Erechthias dochmogramma
- Erechthias epispora
- Erechthias eurynipha
- Erechthias saitoi
Mecomodica fullawayi is also sometimes placed in Comodica; it might alternatively belong in Erechthias or represent a distinct lineage not much closer to either of the two than to the other.[3]
Footnotes
References
Data related to Comodica at Wikispecies
- Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2010): Australian Faunal Directory – Erechthias. Version of 2010-NOV-15. Retrieved 2011-DEC-23.
- Robinson, Gaden S. [2011]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2011-DEC-22.
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