Scythrididae (flower moths) is a
family
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of small
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
superfamily
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Gelechioidea
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Gelechioidea (from the type genus ''Gelechia'', "keeping to the ground") is the superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. It is a large a ...
. The family is sometimes included in the
Xyloryctidae
Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a win ...
as a
subfamily
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Scythridinae, but the Xyloryctidae themselves have sometimes been included in the
Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this.
Ta ...
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:
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Apostibes
''Apostibes'' is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae
Scythrididae (flower moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in the Xyloryctidae as a subfamily Scythridinae, but the Xyl ...
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Walsingham, 1907
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Areniscythris
''Areniscythris'' is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae.Asymmetrura
''Asymmetrura'' is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae
Scythrididae (flower moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in the Xyloryctidae as a subfamily Scythridinae, but the X ...
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Landry, 1991
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Bactrianoscythris''
Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009
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Catascythris
''Catascythris'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Scythrididae described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1935. Its single species, ''Catascythris kebirella'', described by the same author, is found in Israel, Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Jordan
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Coleophorides
''Apostibes'' is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae
Scythrididae (flower moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in the Xyloryctidae as a subfamily Scythridinae, but the Xyl ...
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Amsel, 1935
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Enolmis
''Enolmis'' is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae
Scythrididae (flower moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in the Xyloryctidae as a subfamily Scythridinae, but the Xylor ...
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Duponchel, 1845
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Episcythris
''Episcythris'' is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae
Scythrididae (flower moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in the Xyloryctidae as a subfamily Scythridinae, but the X ...
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Amsel, 1939
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Eretmocera''
Zeller, 1852
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Erigethes
''Erigethes strobilacei'' is a moth of the family Scythrididae, and the only species in the genus ''Erigethes''. It was described by Baron Walsingham in 1907. It is found in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just sp ...
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Walsingham, 1907
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Falkovitshella
''Falkovitshella'' is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae
Scythrididae (flower moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in the Xyloryctidae as a subfamily Scythridinae, but th ...
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Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2007
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Haploscythris
''Haploscythris'' is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae
Scythrididae (flower moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in the Xyloryctidae as a subfamily Scythridinae, but the ...
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Viette, 1956
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Mapsidius''
Walsingham, 1907
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Necrothalassia''
Amsel, 1935
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Neoscythris
''Neoscythris'' is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae
Scythrididae (flower moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in the Xyloryctidae as a subfamily Scythridinae, but the Xy ...
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Landry, 1991
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Paralogistis''
Meyrick, 1921
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Parascythris''
Hanneman, 1960
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Proterochyta
''Proterochyta'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Scythrididae. Its only species, ''Proterochyta epicoena'' is found in Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Gauteng, South Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Mey ...
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Meyrick, 1918
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Rhamphura
''Rhamphura'' is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae
Scythrididae (flower moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in the Xyloryctidae as a subfamily Scythridinae, but the Xyl ...
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Landry, 1991
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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 ...
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Hübner, 825
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Events
By place
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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