Scythrididae

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Flower moths
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Adult Scythris scopolella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Infraorder: Heteroneura
Clade: Eulepidoptera
Clade: Ditrysia
Clade: Apoditrysia
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Scythrididae
Rebel, 1901
Diversity [1]
About 30 genera and 669 species
Synonyms
  • Scythridinae (but see text)
  • Butalidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876

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 Xyloryctidae themselves have sometimes been included in the Oecophoridae as subfamily. Scythrididae adults are smallish to mid-sized moths, which when at rest appear teardrop-shaped. [2]

Contents

Selected genera

Genera of Scythrididae (with some notable species also listed) include: [3]

Footnotes

  1. Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness - Lepidoptera
  2. Hodges (1999), Baran (2004), ToL (2009), Wikispecies (2009-NOV-17), and see references in Savela (2003)
  3. Wikispecies (2009-NOV-17), and see references in Savela (2003)
  4. KARI NUPPONEN & AIDAS SALDAITIS (March 2013). "Recent records of scythridids from the islands of Socotra and Maldives in the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Scythrididae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3626 (2): 288–294. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3626.2.6. PMID   26176138. S2CID   19888101. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-03.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gelechioidea</span> Superfamily of moths

Gelechioidea 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 and poorly understood '"micromoth" superfamily, constituting one of the basal lineages of the Ditrysia.

<i>Blastobasis</i> Type genus of moth family Blastobasidae

Blastobasis is the type genus of the gelechioid moth family Blastobasidae; in some arrangements these are placed in the case-bearer family (Coleophoridae) as a subfamily. Within the Blastobasidae, the subfamily Blastobasinae has been established to distinguish the Blastobasis lineage from the group around Holcocera, but the delimitation is not yet well-resolved.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Depressariinae</span> Subfamily of moths

The Depressariinae – sometimes spelled "Depressiinae" in error – are a subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Like their relatives therein, their exact relationships are not yet very well resolved. It has been considered part of family Elachistidae sensu lato or included in an expanded Oecophoridae. In modern classifications they are treated as the distinct gelechioid family Depressariidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Symmocinae</span> Family of moths

The Symmocinae are a subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. These small moths are found mainly in the Palearctic and Africa.

Bactrianoscythris is a genus of gelechioid moths, which is mostly placed in the flower moth family, which is sometimes included as a subfamily in the Xyloryctidae, or together with these merged into the Oecophoridae.

Apostibes is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae.

Apostibes dhahrani is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Pietro Passerin d'Entrèves and Angela Roggero in 2003. It is found in eastern Saudi Arabia.

Bactrianoscythris afghana is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Pietro Passerin d'Entrèves and Angela Roggero in 2009. It is found in Afghanistan.

Bactrianoscythris annae is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Pietro Passerin d'Entrèves and Angela Roggero in 2009. It is found in Afghanistan.

Bactrianoscythris drepanella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Pietro Passerin d'Entrèves and Angela Roggero in 2009. It is found in Afghanistan.

Bactrianoscythris ginevrae is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Pietro Passerin d'Entrèves and Angela Roggero in 2009. It is found in Afghanistan.

Bactrianoscythris khinjani is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Pietro Passerin d'Entrèves and Angela Roggero in 2009. It is found in Afghanistan.

Bactrianoscythris pamirica is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Pietro Passerin d'Entrèves and Angela Roggero in 2008. It is found in Afghanistan, where it has been recorded from the Pamir Mountains.

Falkovitshella is a genus of moths in the family Scythrididae.

Apostibes afghana is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Pietro Passerin d'Entrèves and Angela Roggero in 2003. It is found in north-eastern Afghanistan.

Apostibes inota is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1924. It is found in Pakistan, northern India and eastern Afghanistan.

Falkovitshella mongholica is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Pietro Passerin d'Entrèves and Angela Roggero in 2006. It is found in Mongolia and Uzbekistan.

Scythris pallidella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Passerin d'Entrèves and Roggero in 2006. It is found in Mongolia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Scythris popescugorji is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Passerin d’Entrèves in 1984. It is found in Portugal and Turkey, where it usually occurs in mountainous regions.

Scythris brummanae is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Pietro Passerin d'Entrèves and Angela Roggero in 2012. It is found in Lebanon.

References

Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Scythrididae at Wikispecies See also Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.

Further reading