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2 unusual facts about tinea


Dryadaula

Dryadaula melanoptycha Turner, 1939 (sometimes placed in Tinea)

Dryadaula eutactopa Turner, 1939 (sometimes placed in Tinea)


Acrolepiopsis betulella

The Durham tinea (Acrolepiopsis betulella) is a moth of the Acrolepiidae family.

Auctorum

the list of synonyms of Tinea trinotella reads Tinea tripunctella (auct. non Denis & Schiffermüller 1775).

C. trifolii

Coleophora trifolii, the trefoil thick-horned tinea or large clover case-bearer, a moth species found in Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, Afghanistan and North America

C21H21N

Naftifine, an allylamine antifungal drug for the topical treatment of tinea pedis, tinea cruris, and tinea corporis

Delusional parasitosis

The peer reviewed Dermatology Online Journal has recently noted a very rare form of delusional parasitosis called delusional tinea.

M. canis

Microsporum canis, a fungus species that causes Tinea capitis in humans

Oecophora

The genus' type species was initially given as the Tinea sulphurella described by J.C. Fabricius in 1777.

Ringworm affair

An estimated 200,000 children worldwide received X-ray treatment for tinea capitis in accordance with the standard Adamson-Kienbock procedure between 1910 and 1959, until griseofulvin, the first effective antifungal agent for ringworm, was introduced.

White-shouldered House Moth

In addition to this case of mistaken identity, the White-shouldered House Moth as discussed by Hübner had actually been named Tinea lactella by J. N. C. M. Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.


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