Stenoptinea
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| Stenoptinea | |
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| Stenoptinea cyaneimarmorella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Meessiinae |
| Genus: | Stenoptinea Dietz, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Homosetia ornatella Dietz, 1905 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Celestica Meyrick, 1917[1] | |
Stenoptinea is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Meessiinae. It was originally established as a subgenus of Homosetia, but later separated to become a genus in its own right.[2]
Only three species are placed in Stenoptinea at present:[3]
- Stenoptinea auriferella (Dietz, 1905)
- Stenoptinea cyaneimarmorella (Millière, 1854) (= S. angustipennis)
- Stenoptinea ornatella (Dietz, 1905)
