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Esperia (moth)

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

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| image = Esperia sulphurella in copula.jpg

| image_caption = Mating adults of Esperia sulphurella

| taxon = Esperia

| authority = Hübner, 1825

| synonyms = Numerous, see text

}}

Esperia is a genus of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Among these, it belongs to subfamily Oecophorinae. Most authors include Dasycera here, though approaches that generally follow a "splitting" approach sometimes do not.FE (2009a,b), and see references in Savela (2003)

The type species of Esperia (originally described as Tinea orbonella, now E. sulphurella) has some differences versus the type species of Dasycera (originally described as T. aemulella, now E. oliviella), but these are slight and at present it is not determined whether they justify the maintenance of two small genera versus a more comprehensive genus containing two subgenera.Pitkin & Jenkins (2004a,b), FE (2009a,b), and see references in Savela (2003)

Selected species

Species of Esperia (including Dasycera) include:{{Verify source|date=April 2010}}

Synonyms

Invalid scientific names (junior synonyms and others) of Esperia are:Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2003)

  • Dasycera Stephens 1829 (but see above)
  • Dasycerus Haworth 1828 (non Brongniart, 1800: preoccupied)
  • Gnaphalodeocera Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)
  • Gnaphalodocera Blanchard, 1840
  • Hermiona Blanchard, 1845
  • Stenoptera Duponchel, 1838

Footnotes

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References

  • {{aut|Fauna Europaea (FE)}} (2009a): [https://web.archive.org/web/20110622082051/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=360612 Dasycera]. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
  • {{aut|Fauna Europaea (FE)}} (2009b): [https://web.archive.org/web/20110622082121/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=360618 Esperia]. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
  • {{aut|Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul}} (2004a): [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/index.dsml Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species] – [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=8015.0 Dasycera]. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
  • {{aut|Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul}} (2004b): [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/index.dsml Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species] – [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=10528.0 Esperia]. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
  • {{aut|Savela, Markku}} (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/oecophoridae/oecophorinae/esperia/index.html Esperia]. Version of 2003-DEC-29 Retrieved 2010-APR-27.

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Category:Oecophorinae

Category:Moth genera

Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner

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