Scythrididae
{{Short description|Family of moths}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Flower moths
| image = Scythris scopolella.jpg
| image_caption = Adult Scythris scopolella
| display_parents = 5
| taxon = Scythrididae
| authority = Rebel, 1901
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
| synonyms =
- Scythridinae (but see text)
- Butalidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
| diversity_link = #Genera
| diversity = About 30 genera and 669 species
}}
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.Hodges (1999), Baran (2004), ToL (2009), Wikispecies (2009-NOV-17), and see references in Savela (2003)
Selected genera
Genera of Scythrididae (with some notable species also listed) include:Wikispecies (2009-NOV-17), and see references in Savela (2003)
- Apostibes Walsingham, 1907
- Areniscythris Powell, 1976
- Asymmetrura Landry, 1991
- Bactrianoscythris Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009
- Catascythris{{Cite journal|url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/337b/1d783f4576b7a674b8e2f71f74d4e92bd98c.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003014015/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/337b/1d783f4576b7a674b8e2f71f74d4e92bd98c.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-10-03|title=Recent records of scythridids from the islands of Socotra and Maldives in the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Scythrididae)|last=KARI NUPPONEN & AIDAS SALDAITIS|date=March 2013|journal=Zootaxa|volume=3626|issue=2|pages=288–294|doi=10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3626.2.6|pmid=26176138|s2cid=19888101}}
- 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
Footnotes
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References
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{{Wikispecies-inline}} See also Gelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.
- {{aut|Baran, Tomasz}} (2004): Scythris buszkoi sp. n., a new species of Scythrididae from Europe (Gelechioidea). Nota Lepidopterologica 26(3/4): 89–98. [http://www.soceurlep.eu/tl_files/pdf_nota_l/nota_26_089_098.pdf PDF fulltext] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003231/http://www.soceurlep.eu/tl_files/pdf_nota_l/nota_26_089_098.pdf |date=2012-03-06 }}
- {{aut|Hodges, R.W.}} (1999): The Gelechioidea. In: {{aut|Kristensen, N.P. (ed.)}}: Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology (Vol. IV Part 35: Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies 1): 131–158. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & New York.
- {{aut|Savela, Markku}} (2004): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/scythrididae/index.html Scythrididae]. Version of 2004-JAN-02. Retrieved 2010-APR-22.
- {{aut|Tree of Life Web Project (ToL)}} (2009): [http://tolweb.org/Gelechioidea/12057 Gelechioidea]. Version of 2009-APR-02. Retrieved 2010-APR-22.
Further reading
- {{cite book |last=Bengtsson |first=Bengt Å |date=2014 |title=The Afrotropical Scythrididae |publisher=Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Peks }}
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