Cimitra Explained

Cimitra is a genus of moths belonging to the family of Tineidae.^[1] Most species of this genus are found in Africa but Cimitra sechusella Walker, 1864 is found in Southeast Asia.^[2]

Species

Species of this genus are:^[3]

• Cimitra efformata (Gozmány, 1965)
• Cimitra estimata (Gozmány, 1965)
• Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
• Cimitra horridella (Walker, 1863)
• Cimitra platyloxa (Meyrick, 1930)
• Cimitra spinignatha (Gozmány, 1968)
• Cimitra sechusella Walker, 1864
• Cimitra texturata (Gozmány, 1967)

Notes and References

1. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/tineidae/ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
2. http://www.zoosprint.org/ZooPrintJournal/2006/June/2277-2278.pdf Pathania, Rose & Sood, 2006. Taxonomic Studies on a Species of the Genus Cimitra Walker (Hapsiferinae: Tineidae: Lepidoptera) from India. Zoos' Print Journal 21(6):2277-2278
3. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . Cimitra . Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera) . 3 June 2024.