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Definition of Genus tinea
1. Noun. Type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Tineidae, Tineidae
Member holonyms: Casemaking Clothes Moth, Tinea Pellionella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tinea
Literary usage of Genus tinea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1897)
"... a black South European species, with yellow marks on the head and thorax, and
large white spots on the fore-wings. genus tinea. ..."
2. The Book of Butterflies, Sphinges, and Moths: Illustrated by One Hundred and by Thomas Brown (1834)
"B. Labial palpi small, not projecting. It consists but of one genus, TINEA. II.
... Genus TINEA, Latreille. ..."
3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1897)
"... L., was constituted the type of the genus Tinea, and it was cited as such by
Lamarck, Syst. An. sans Vert., 288 (1801). There appears to be no reason ..."
4. The Entomologist's Useful Compendium: Or, An Introduction to the Knowledge by George Samouelle (1819)
"... as long or more than the body; the second joint longer than the head, the last
joint utmost naked, recurved beyond the head. PBS.—To this genus TINEA 1. ..."
5. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1854)
"It is to this genus tinea, and to these species of that genus, that I desire
especially to call your attention ; and I am confident that if you remember the ..."
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