Schistissa

Schistissa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Subfamily:	Eupterotinae
Genus:	Schistissa ; Aurivillius, 1901
Species:	S. uniformis
Binomial name
	Schistissa uniformis; Aurivillius, 1901

Last updated August 11, 2025

Schistissa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae.^[1] Its single species, Schistissa uniformis, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1901.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Schistissa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 18, 2018.
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Schistissa uniformis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Schistissa uniformis Aurivillius, 1901". Afromoths. Retrieved October 18, 2018.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Schistissa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved October 18, 2018.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Schistissa uniformis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[3] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Schistissa uniformis Aurivillius, 1901". Afromoths. Retrieved October 18, 2018.

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