Denisia Explained

Denisia is a genus of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Among these, it belongs to subfamily Oecophorinae. It was originally established as a subgenus of Borkhausenia.^[1]

Selected species

Species of Denisia include:^[2]

• Denisia albimaculea
• Denisia aragonella (Chrétien, 1903)
• Denisia augustella (Hübner, 1796)
• Denisia caucasiella Lvovsky, 2007
• Denisia coeruleopicta (Christoph, 1888)
• Denisia fiduciella (Rebel, 1935)
• Denisia fuscicapitella Huemer, 2001^{[3] [4]}
• Denisia graslinella (Staudinger, 1871)
• Denisia haydenella (Chambers, 1877)
• Denisia luctuosella (Duponchel, 1840)
• Denisia luticiliella (Erschoff, 1877)
• Denisia muellerrutzi (Amsel, 1939)
• Denisia nubilosella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
• Denisia obscurella (Brandt, 1937) (formerly in Buvatina)
• Denisia pyrenaica Leraut, 1989
• Denisia ragonotella (Constant, 1885)
• Denisia rhaetica (Frey, 1856)
• Denisia similella
• Denisia stipella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Denisia stroemella (Fabricius, 1779) (formerly in Buvatina)
• Denisia subaquilea (Stainton, 1849)
• Denisia yukonella Lvovsky, 2007

References

• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Denisia. Version 2.1, December 22, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species  - Denisia. Version of November 5, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
• Savela, Markku (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms  - Denisia. Version of December 29, 2003. Retrieved April 28, 2010.

Notes and References

1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)
2. FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)
3. Web site: Denisia fuscicapitella sp.n., eine neue Schmetterlingsart der Südwestalpen (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). HUEMER. P.. June 2001. www.zobodat.at.
4. Web site: Denisia fuscicapitella Huemer, 2001. Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel.