Comodica


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.
It is usually delimited sensu stricto, making it a smallish genus, with 11 species presently placed here:Comodica cirrhopolia Comodica coarctata Comodica crypsicroca Turner, 1923 Comodica drepanosema Turner, 1923 Comodica lucinda Meyrick, 1927 Comodica ordinata Walsingham, 1914 Comodica polygrapta Meyrick, 1924 Comodica semiades Bradley, 1956 Comodica signata J.F.G.Clarke, 1986Comodica tetracercella Meyrick, 1880Comodica tigrina Turner, 1917
Erechthias and Comodica are not unequivocally delimited against each other yet. Some species of the former are occasionally placed in the present genus, namely:Erechthias citrinopaErechthias contributaErechthias decaspilaErechthias dochmogrammaErechthias episporaErechthias euryniphaErechthias saitoi
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.