Perittia farinella (Thunberg & Wenner, 1794)

Tinea farinella Thunberg & Wenner, 1794: 88 . Type locality: Sweden. Lectotype in UUZM, designated by Karsholt & Nielsen (1986: 444).

Perittia farinella: Kaila (1999a: 163) .

Mendesia subargentella Dattin, 1932: 167 . Type locality: France, Lot, Cahors (Dattin 1932: 161). Lectotype designated by Parenti (1972: 42), in MNHN. Synonymy presented at least in Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 32).

Mendesia farinella (Thunberg & Wenner, 1794); combination to Mendesia inferred by Dattin (1932: 161–168), as M. subargentella .

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia (European part), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. (England), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): unknown.

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Traugott-Olsen (1995a), Bland (1996).