Scythrididae (flower moths) is a
family of small
moths in the
superfamily
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Gelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in the
Xyloryctidae as a
subfamily
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Scythridinae, but the Xyloryctidae themselves have sometimes been included in the
Oecophoridae as subfamily. Scythrididae
adults
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are smallish to mid-sized moths, which when at rest appear
teardrop-shaped.
Selected genera
Genera
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of Scythrididae (with some notable species also listed) include:
* ''
Apostibes''
Walsingham, 1907
* ''
Areniscythris''
Powell, 1976
* ''
Asymmetrura''
Landry, 1991
* ''
Bactrianoscythris''
Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009
* ''
Catascythris''
* ''
Coleophorides''
Amsel, 1935
* ''
Enolmis''
Duponchel, 1845
* ''
Episcythris''
Amsel, 1939
* ''
Eretmocera''
Zeller, 1852
* ''
Erigethes''
Walsingham, 1907
* ''
Falkovitshella''
Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2007
* ''
Haploscythris''
Viette, 1956
* ''
Mapsidius''
Walsingham, 1907
* ''
Necrothalassia''
Amsel, 1935
* ''
Neoscythris''
Landry, 1991
* ''
Paralogistis''
Meyrick, 1921
* ''
Parascythris''
Hanneman, 1960
* ''
Proterochyta''
Meyrick, 1918
* ''
Rhamphura''
Landry, 1991
* ''
Scythris
''Scythris'' is a genus of gelechioid moths. It is the type genus of the flower moth family, which is sometimes included as a subfamily in the ''Xyloryctidae'', or together with these merged into the Oecophoridae. The genus was erected by Jac ...
''
Hübner, 825
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Events
By place
India
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** '' Scythris limbella''
** '' Scythris scopolella''
* '' Synacroloxis'' Gozmány, 1952
Footnotes
References
See also
Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.
* (2004): ''Scythris buszkoi'' sp. n., a new species of Scythrididae from Europe (Gelechioidea). ''Nota Lepidopterologica'' 26(3/4): 89-98
PDF fulltext* (1999): The Gelechioidea. ''In:'' : ''Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology'' (Vol. IV Part 35: Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies 1): 131–158. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & New York.
* (2004): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2004-JAN-02. Retrieved 2010-APR-22.
* (2009)
Gelechioidea Version of 2009-APR-02. Retrieved 2010-APR-22.
Further reading
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Moth families