Scythrididae (flower moths) is a

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of small

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s in the

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Gelechioidea __NOTOC__ Gelechioidea (from the type genus ''Gelechia ''Gelechia'' is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The type species is '' Gelechia rhombella''. Species *Subgenus ''Gelechia'' **'' Gelechia asinella'' (Hubner, 1796) **'' Gel ...

. 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 wing ...

as a

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classifica ...

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. ...

as subfamily. Scythrididae

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are smallish to mid-sized moths, which when at rest appear teardrop-shaped.

Selected genera

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of Scythrididae (with some notable species also listed) include: * ''

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 ...

'' Walsingham, 1907 * '' Areniscythris'' Powell, 1976 * ''

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 ...

'' Landry, 1991 * '' Bactrianoscythris'' Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009 * ''

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 ...

'' * ''

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 ...

'' Amsel, 1935 * ''

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 ...

'' Duponchel, 1845 * ''

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 ...

'' Amsel, 1939 * '' Eretmocera'' Zeller, 1852 * ''

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 ...

'' Walsingham, 1907 * ''

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 ...

'' Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2007 * ''

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 ...

'' Viette, 1956 * '' Mapsidius'' Walsingham, 1907 * '' Necrothalassia'' Amsel, 1935 * ''

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 ...

'' Landry, 1991 * '' Paralogistis'' Meyrick, 1921 * '' Parascythris'' Hanneman, 1960 * ''

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 ...

'' Meyrick, 1918 * ''

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 ...

'' 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 Jacob ...

'' Hübner,

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/small> ** '' 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
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* (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

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Selected genera

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