''Scythris pollicella'' is a

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 ...

of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Bengt Å. Bengtsson in 2002. It is found in

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

and

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

. The

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is 10–11.5 mm. The head, labial palpi, antennae, collar, tegulae, thorax, legs and forewings are beige or bone coloured, the antennae with rather long cilia. The hindwings are pale fuscous.

Etymology

The species name refers to the thumb-shaped extension of the valve and is derived from Latin ''pollex'' (meaning thumb). 2002a. Scythridids of the Arabian Peninsula, I: Oman (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). ''Phegea'' 30(3): 105–118
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References

pollicella Moths described in 2002 {{Scythrididae-stub