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Genus Pigritia

A Blastobasinae sp. - Pigritia murtfeldtella Scavenger Moth - Hodges #1238.97 - Pigritia Scavenger Moth - Pigritia murtfeldtella Blastobasinae - Pigritia Pigritia sp. - Pigritia Blastobasinae sp? - Pigritia Pigritia nr-murtfeldtella-one 1238.97 – Pigritia spp. - Pigritia
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Blastobasidae (Scavenger Moths)
Subfamily Blastobasinae (Scavenger Moths)
Tribe Blastobasini
Genus Pigritia
Explanation of Names
Pigritia Clemens, 1860
Identification
From Microleps.org: "Among genera occurring in Illinois, Pigritia can be recognized by its markedly reduced labial palpi (Fig. 2)..."
For info on separating Pigritia from other species in Blastobasinae see comments on multiple images by Terry Harrison here.
Range
widely dist. (GBIF & BG data)
Remarks
The following is based on a phylogeny of the genus generated on BOLD in December 2021.

On BOLD, three BINs are identified as P. laticapitella (BOLD:AAC6102, BOLD:ABW8347, BOLD:AAM8581); these form a clade including BOLD:ACT2588 [Honduras]. The four BINs identified as P. murtfeldtella (BOLD:ABW8368, BOLD:AAG8606, BOLD:ACF1538, BOLD:AAG8587) and the five identified as P. fidella (BOLD:AAG8583, BOLD:AAD3758, BOLD:AAG8600, BOLD:ADI1390, BOLD:AAD5152) each form a clade.
Internet References
Images and Info at Microleps.org