Scythris digitibasella

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Scythris digitibasella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Scythris
Species:
S. digitibasella
Binomial name
Scythris digitibasella
Nupponen & Saldaitis, 2013

Scythris digitibasella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Kari Nupponen and Aidas Saldaitis in 2013. It is found in Yemen (Socotra). [1] [2]

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References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Nupponen, K; Saldaitis, A (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)". Zootaxa. 3626: 288–94. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3626.2.6. PMID   26176138.