''Scalmatica'' is a

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s belonging to the

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Tineidae.

Biology

One species of this genus ''

Scalmatica albofasciella ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of '' Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *'' Scalmatica cortic ...

'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of '' Ficus benghalensis'' in

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and *'' Scalmatica corticea'' Meyrick, 1925 had been reported from ''

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Species

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Scalmatica albifusa ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus ''Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of '' Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *'' Scalmatica cortice ...

'' Meyrick, 1926 *''

'' (Stainton 1859) (from India) *''

Scalmatica ascendens ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus ''Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of '' Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *'' Scalmatica cortice ...

'' Gozmány, 1966 *'' Scalmatica constrata'' Meyrick, 1919 (from Sri Lanka) *'' Scalmatica corticea'' (Meyrick, 1925) (from Egypt) *'' Scalmatica gnathosella'' Mey, 2011 *'' Scalmatica insularis'' Gozmány, 1969 *'' Scalmatica malacista'' Meyrick, 1924 *'' Scalmatica myelodes'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Scalmatica phaulocentra'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Scalmatica retiaria'' Meyrick, 1919 *'' Scalmatica rhicnopa'' Meyrick, 1919 *'' Scalmatica rigens'' Meyrick, 1916 *''

Scalmatica rimosa ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family (biology), family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus ''Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *''Sca ...

'' Meyrick, 1911 *''

'' Meyrick, 1911 (from Seychelles) *'' Scalmatica saccusella'' Mey, 2011 *'' Scalmatica separata'' Gozmány, 1965 *''

Scalmatica zernyi ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of '' Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *'' Scalmatica cortic ...

'' Gozmány, 1967

References

*Meyrick E. 1911d. Tortricina and Tineina. Results of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2)14(3):263–307.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.30-Dec-2016)
Myrmecozelinae Moth genera {{Tineidae-stub