Scythrididae Explained

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.^[1]

Selected genera

Genera of Scythrididae (with some notable species also listed) include:^[2]

• Apostibes Walsingham, 1907
• Areniscythris Powell, 1976
• Asymmetrura Landry, 1991
• Bactrianoscythris Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009
• Catascythris^[3]
• Coleophorides Amsel, 1935
• Enolmis Duponchel, 1845
• Episcythris Amsel, 1939
• Eretmocera Zeller, 1852
• Erigethes Walsingham, 1907
• Falkovitshella Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2007
• Haploscythris Viette, 1956
• Mapsidius Walsingham, 1907
• Necrothalassia Amsel, 1935
• Neoscythris Landry, 1991
• Paralogistis Meyrick, 1921
• Parascythris Hanneman, 1960
• Proterochyta Meyrick, 1918
• Rhamphura Landry, 1991
• Scythris Hübner, [1825]
  • Scythris limbella
  • Scythris scopolella
• Synacroloxis Gozmány, 1952

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. PDF fulltext
• (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  - Scythrididae. Version of 2004-JAN-02. Retrieved 2010-APR-22.
• (2009): Gelechioidea. Version of 2009-APR-02. Retrieved 2010-APR-22.

Further reading

• Book: Bengtsson, Bengt Å . 2014 . The Afrotropical Scythrididae . Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Peks .

Notes and References

1. Hodges (1999), Baran (2004), ToL (2009), Wikispecies (2009-NOV-17), and see references in Savela (2003)
2. Wikispecies (2009-NOV-17), and see references in Savela (2003)
3. Recent records of scythridids from the islands of Socotra and Maldives in the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Scythrididae). https://web.archive.org/web/20181003014015/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/337b/1d783f4576b7a674b8e2f71f74d4e92bd98c.pdf. dead. 2018-10-03. KARI NUPPONEN & AIDAS SALDAITIS. March 2013. Zootaxa. 3626. 2. 288–294. 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3626.2.6. 26176138. 19888101.