Comodica is a small genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Erechthiinae. It is apparently a close relative of the type genus of its subfamily, Erechthias.[1]

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Comodica

Meyrick, 1880
Type species
Comodica tetracercella
Meyrick, 1880
Species

11, but see text

Synonyms

Biastolemma J.F.G.Clarke, 1971

It is usually delimited sensu stricto, making it a smallish genus, with 11 species presently placed here:[1][verification needed]

Erechthias and Comodica are not unequivocally delimited against each other yet. Some species of the former are occasionally placed in the present genus, namely:[2]

Mecomodica fullawayi is also sometimes placed in Comodica; it might alternatively belong in Erechthias or represent a distinct lineage not much closer to either of the two than to the other.[3]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Robinson [2011]
  2. ^ Wikispecies (2011-SEP-04)
  3. ^ ABRS (2010), Robinson [2011], Wikispecies (2011-SEP-04)

References

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  Data related to Comodica at Wikispecies