''Scyrotis'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Cecidosidae
Cecidosidae is a family of primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera which have a piercing ovipositor used for laying eggs in plant tissue in which they induce galls, or they mine in bark (Davis, 1999; Hoare and Dugdale, 2003). Nine spe ...
.
Species
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Scyrotis alticolaria''
Mey, 2007
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Scyrotis athleta''
Meyrick, 1909
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Scyrotis brandbergensis''
Mey, 2007
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Scyrotis granosa''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Scyrotis kochi''
Mey, 2007
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Scyrotis matoposensis''
Mey, 2007
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Scyrotis namakarooensis''
Mey, 2007
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Scyrotis pulleni''
Mey, 2007
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Scyrotis trivialis''
(Meyrick, 1913)
References
Cecidosidae
Adeloidea genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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