Pigritia Clemens, 1860
Pigritia Clemens, 1860; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 12 : 172 ; TS : Pigritia laticapitella Clemens
Dryope Chambers, 1874; Can. Ent. 6 (3): 49 (preocc. Dryope Robinaeu-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera)); TS : Dryope murtfeldtella Chambers
Ploiophora Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 102 ; TS : Ploiophora fidella Dietz
Epigritia Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 102 [key], 110 ; TS : Epigritia pallidotinctella Dietz
Pseudopigritia Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 112 ; TS : Pseudopigritia dorsomaculella Dietz
Dryoperia Coolidge, 1909; Ent. News 20 : 112 (repl. Dryope Chambers, 1874); TS : Dryope murtfeldtella Chambers
Americides Kirkaldy, 1910; Can. Ent. 42 : 8 (repl. Dryope Chambers, 1874); TS : Dryope murtfeldtella Chambers
Dryope ; Dietz, 1900, Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 113
Ploiophora (Pigritiae) ; Dietz, 1910, Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 36 : 3
Ploiophora (Pigritiini) ; [NACL] , 15
Epigritia (Pigritiini) ; [NACL] , 15
Pseudopigritia (Pigritiae) ; Dietz, 1910, Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 36 : 3
Pseudopigritia (Pigritiini) ; [NACL] , 15
Dryoperia (Pigritiae) ; Dietz, 1910, Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 36 : 3
Dryoperia (Pigritiini) ; [NACL] , 15
Americides (Cosmopterigidae) ; [Richard Brown ]
Pigritia (Pigritiae) ; Dietz, 1910, Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 36 : 3
Pigritia (Pigritiini) ; [NACL] , 15
Pigritia (Blastobasini) ; Adamski & Hodges, 1996, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 98 : 728 ; Adamski, 1998, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 100 (3) : 497
Pigritia (Blastobasinae) ; [Richard Brown ]; Adamski, 2013, Zootaxa 3618 (1) : 144
Pigritia arizonella Dietz, 1900
Arizona, .... See [maps ]
Pigritia astuta Meyrick, 1918
Colombia. See [maps ]
Pigritia biatomella Walsingham, 1897 West Indies
Pigritia dido Adamski, 2013
Costa Rica. See [maps ]
Pigritia dido Adamski, 2013; Zootaxa 3618 (1) : 146; TL : Costa Rica, San Jos, Cuidad Colon, El Rodeo, 950m
Pigritia faux Adamski, 2013
Costa Rica. See [maps ]
Pigritia faux Adamski, 2013; Zootaxa 3618 (1) : 147; TL : Est Pitilla, 700m, Sta Cecilia, P N Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Pigritia fidella (Dietz, 1900)
Pennsylvania, .... See [maps ]
Pigritia gruis Adamski, 2013
Costa Rica. See [maps ]
Pigritia gruis Adamski, 2013; Zootaxa 3618 (1) : 151; TL : Estacion Santa Rosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Pigritia haha Adamski, 2013
Costa Rica. See [maps ]
Pigritia haha Adamski, 2013; Zootaxa 3618 (1) : 149; TL : Cerro Tortuguero, 0-120m, P N Tortuguero, Limón, Costa Rica
Pigritia laticapitella Clemens, 1860
Pennsylvania, Iowa, Kansas, New Jersey, Texas, Alabama, South Dakota, California, .... See [maps ]
Pigritia laticapitella Clemens, 1860; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 12 : 173
Pigritia ochreella Clemens, 1863; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 2 : 126
Blastobasis (?) aufugella Zeller, 1873; Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 23 (Abh.) : 300 ; TL : Texas
Ploiophora ampla Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 103 , pl. 6 , f. 1; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Pigritia confusella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 104 , pl. 6 , f. 4; TL : Pennsylvania; New Jersey
Pigritia purpurella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 105 ; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Pigritia basilarella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 105 , pl. 6 , f. 6; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania; Iowa; Lawrence, Kansas
Pigritia mediofasciella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 107 , pl. 6 , f. 5
Pigritia ornatella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 107 , pl. 6 , f. 7; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Pigritia angustipennella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 108 ; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Pigritia tristella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 108 ; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Pigritia obscurella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 110 ; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Pseudopigritia dorsomaculella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 112 , pl. 7 , f. 10; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Pseudopigritia equitella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 112 ; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Pseudopigritia fraternella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 113 , pl. 7 , f. 11; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Pseudopigritia argyreella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 113 ; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Dryope occidentella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 115 , pl. 7 , f. 14; TL : Kaweah, California
Dryoperia[?] erratella Dietz, 1910; Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 36 : 4 ; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvani
Dryope ochreella ; Dietz, 1900, Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 118
Dryoperia ochreella ; [NACL] , #1248
Pigritia ochreella ; [NHM card ]
Ploiophora ampla ; [NACL] , #1226
Blastobasis ampla ; [NHM card ]
Pigritia confusella ; [NACL] , #1231; [NHM card ]
Pigritia purpurella ; [NACL] , #1236; [NHM card ]
Pigritia basilarella ; [NACL] , #1230; [NHM card ]
Pigritia mediofasciella ; [NACL] , #1233; [NHM card ]
Pigritia ornatella ; [NACL] , #1235; [NHM card ]
Pigritia angustipennella ; [NACL] , #1228; [NHM card ]
Pigritia tristella ; [NACL] , #1238; [NHM card ]
Pigritia obscurella ; [NACL] , #1234; [NHM card ]
Pseudopigritia dorsomaculella ; [NACL] , #1251; [NHM card ]
Pseudopigritia equitella ; [NACL] , #1252; [NHM card ]
Pseudopigritia fraternella ; [NACL] , #1253; [NHM card ]
Pseudopigritia argyreella ; [NACL] , #1250; [NHM card ]
Dryoperia occidentella ; [NACL] , #1247
Pigritia occidentella ; [NHM card ]
Pigritia laticapitella ; Dietz, 1900, Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 106 , pl. 6 , f. 3; [NACL] , #1232; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown ]; Adamski & Hodges, 1996, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 98 : 728
Pigritia latiscaptella[sic, recte laticapitella ] ; [NHM card ]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Pigritia marjoriella Adamski, 1998
Costa Rica. See [maps ]
Pigritia mediocris Walsingham, 1897 West Indies
Pigritia murtfeldtella (Chambers, 1874)
Kentucky, Pennsylvania, NA.Georgia, Missouri, South Dakota, California, .... See [maps ]
Dryope murtfeldtella Chambers, 1874; Can. Ent. 6 (3): 50 ; TL : Kentucky
Dryope luteopulvella Chambers, 1875; Can. Ent. 7 (4): 73 ; TL : Texas
Pigritia spoliatella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 110 ; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Epigritia pallidotinctella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 111 , pl. 7 , f. 8; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Dryope tenebrella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 116 ; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Dryope minnicella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 116 , pl. 7 , f. 15; TL : Forsyth, Georgia
Dryope grisella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 116 ; TL : Pennsylvania; Missouri; South Dakota
Dryope fuscosuffusella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 117 , pl. 7 , f. 13; TL : Missouri, St. Louis
Dryope discopunctella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 118 , pl. 7 , f. 16; TL : Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Dryope canariella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 118 , pl. 7 , f. 17; TL : Sonoma Co., California
Dryope fenyesella Dietz, 1900; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27 : 119 ; TL : Pomona, California
Pigritia spoliatella ; [NACL] , #1237; [NHM card ]
Hypatopa spoliatella ; [Richard Brown ]
Pigritia pallidotinctella ; [NHM card ]
Dryoperia tenebrella ; [NACL] , #1249
Pigritia tenebrella ; [NHM card ]
Dryoperia minnicella ; [NACL] , #1245
Pigritia minnicella ; [NHM card ]
Dryoperia grisella ; [NACL] , #1244
Pigritia grisella ; [NHM card ]
Dryoperia fuscosuffusella ; [NACL] , #1243
Pigritia fuscosuffusella ; [NHM card ]
Dryoperia discopunctella ; [NACL] , #1241
Pigritia discopunctella ; [NHM card ]
Dryoperia canariella ; [NACL] , #1240
Pigritia canariella ; [NHM card ]
Dryoperia fenyesella ; [NACL] , #1242
Pigritia fenyesella ; [NHM card ]
Dryoperia murtfeldtella ; [NACL] , #1246
Pigritia murtfeldtella ; [Sangmi Lee & Richard Brown ]; Adamski & Hodges, 1996, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 98 : 733
Pigritia ochrocomella Clemens, 1863
Pennsylvania, Nevada, Texas, Kansas, New Jersey. See [maps ]
Pigritia sedis Adamski, 2013
Costa Rica. See [maps ]
Pigritia sedis Adamski, 2013; Zootaxa 3618 (1) : 145; TL : Costa Rica, Heredia, Est. Biol. La Selva, 50-150m, 10°26'N, 84°01'W
Pigritia stips Adamski, 2013
Costa Rica. See [maps ]
Pigritia stips Adamski, 2013; Zootaxa 3618 (1) : 150; TL : Fca Jenny, 30km N de Liberia, P N Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Pigritia troctis Meyrick, 1922 Barbados
Pigritia ululae Adamski, 2013
Costa Rica. See [maps ]
Pigritia ululae Adamski, 2013; Zootaxa 3618 (1) : 152; TL : Est Magsasay, P N Braulio Carrillo, 200m, Heredia, Costa Rica
Pigritia uuku Adamski, 2012
Hawaii. See [maps ]
Pigritia uuku Adamski, 2012; Zootaxa 3341 : 60; TL : Hawaii, Hakioawa
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Some related literature:
Adamski, 1998
A new species of Pigritia Clemens (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae) from Costa Rica
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 100 (3)
: 497 -503
Adamski, 2013
Review of the Blastobasinae of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae)
Zootaxa 3618 (1)
: 1-223
Adamski & Hodges, 1996
An annotated list of North American Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechoidea: Coleophoridae)
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 98
: 708 -740
Brown, Adamski, Hodges & Bahr, 2004
Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Zootaxa 510 : 1-160
Chambers, 1874
Micro-Lepidoptera
Can. Ent. 6
(1): 8 -11,
(3): 49 -52,
(4): 72 -77,
(5): 96 -97,
(7): 128 -130,
(8): 149 -153,
(9): 166 -170,
(10): 197 -198,
(11): 217 -220
Chambers, 1875
Tineina from Texas
Can. Ent. 7
(1): 7 -12,
(2): 30 -35,
(3): 51 -56,
(4): 73 -76,
(5): 92 -95,
(6): 105 -108
Clemens, 1860
Contributions to American Lepidopterology. - No. 3-7
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 12
: 4 -15,
: 156 -174,
: 203 -221,
: 345 -362,
: 522 -547
Clemens, 1863
American Micro-Lepidoptera
Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 2
: 4 -14, 119 -129
Dietz, 1900
On Pigritia Clem.
Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 27
: 100 -120, pl. 6 -7
Dietz, 1910
Revision of the Blastobasidae of North America
Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 36
: 1 -72, pl. 1 -4
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Adamski in Medeiros & Adamski, 2012
Three new species of Hawaiian moths from Kahoolawe Island (Lepidoptera: Crambidae & Coleophoridae)
Zootaxa 3341
: 59-63
Meyrick, 1918; Meyrick, 1922
Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. II
Exotic Microlep. 2
(1): 1 -32 (1916),
(2): 33 -64 (1917),
(3): 65 -96 (1917),
(4): 97 -128 (1918),
(5): 129 -160 (1918),
(6): 161 -192 (1918),
(7): 193 -224 (1918),
(8): 225 -256 (1919),
(9): 257 -288 (1919),
(10): 289 -320 (1920),
(11): 321 -352 (1920),
(12): 353 -384 (1920),
(13): 385 -416 (1921),
(14): 417 -448 (1921),
(15): 449 -480 (1921),
(16): 481 -512 (1922),
(17): 513 -544 (1922),
(18): 545 -576 (1922),
(19): 577 -608 (1922),
(20): 609 -640 (1923)
Walsingham, 1897
Revision of the West-Indian Micro-Lepidoptera with Descriptions of new Species
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897
: 54 -183
Zeller, 1873
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Nachtfälter, besonders der Microlepidopteren (2)
Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 23 (Abh.)
: 201 -334, pl. 3-4
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