Paraperittia Rebel, 1916

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 182

Paraperittia Rebel, 1916

Paraperittia Rebel, 1916: 12 . Type species: Paraperittia uniformella Rebel, 1916: 12 , by original designation and monotypy.

Paraperittia uniformella Rebel, 1916: 12 . 2 female syntypes; lectotype ♀, here designated: labeled: Walouiki, R.m. [ Russia meridionalis] Velitchkovsky; 23 Mai [18]88 A. S.[?]; Paraperittia uniformella Type ♀ Rebel; uniformella Type Rbl. E. Jäckh 1973 7288; Mus. Vind. Gen. Präp. 1528 ♀, in NHMW.

Elachista pigerella (Herrich-Schäffer) ; uniformella listed as junior synonym ( Leraut 1997: 107).

Remarks: The description of the genus is based on two female specimens, one from Linz, Austria, and the other from Waluiki, Voronech region in South Russia. The specimen from Linz is in bad condition with only one hindwing, head and thorax left, and its safe identification is hardly possible. The syntype from southern Russia, instead, is in good condition with a genital slide available. This specimen is conspecific with Phaulernis dentella ( Zeller, 1839) . As this specimen can unequivocally be identified, it is here selected as the lectotype even though the generalized venation illustration in the original description is based on the specimen from Linz. The genus Paraperittia Rebel, 1916 is considered a junior synonym of Phaulernis Meyrick, 1895: 690 , syn. nov. The species Paraperittia uniformella is here synonymized with Phaulernis dentella ( Zeller, 1839: 204) , syn. nov.

Current status: Phaulernis dentella ( Zeller, 1839) (Epermeniidae) ; here synonymized.