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Scythris

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| image = Scythridae - Scythris heinemanni-2.jpg

| image_caption = Imago of Scythris heinemanni
at Cerreto Ratti in Borghetto di Borbera, Italy

| taxon = Scythris

| authority = Hübner, [1825]

| type_species = Tinea chenopodiella

| type_species_authority = Hübner, [1813]

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Numerous, see text

| synonyms_ref = AEBR (2008), and see references in Savela (2008)

| synonyms =

  • Butalis Treitschke, 1833
  • Copida Sodoffsky, 1837
  • Galanthia Hübner, 1825
  • Rubioia Agenjo, 1962

}}

Scythris is a genus of gelechioid moths. It is the type genus of the flower moth family, which is sometimes included as a subfamily in the Xyloryctidae, or together with these merged into the Oecophoridae.Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), AEBR (2008), ToL (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2008) The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

It is the largest {{Verify source|date=May 2010}} genus of flower moths, and as such might not be fully monophyletic with regard to some very small or monotypic genera placed in the same family. In addition, new species of Scythris continue to be discovered and described.FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2008)

Selected species

=Species groups=

The species of Scythris have been divided among several groups, which may or may not be monophyletic; those that are may – provided they are closely enough related to the type species S. limbella – be considered subgenera. There is a considerable number of species whose exact relationships are hitherto elusive. Some have been placed in a "monospecific species group" of their own, as they are too distinct from the other groups to be included there, yet at the same time have characteristic autapomorphies. Species groups include:AEBR (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2008)

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aenea group

aerariella group

alseriella group

Australian group

bagdadiella group

bazaensis group

boseanella group

camelella group

canescens group

caramani group

cicadella group

cistorum group

crassiuscula group

crypta group

decrepidella group

dissitella group

elenae group

empetrella group

fallacella group

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formicella group

fuscoaenea group

fuscopterella group

gobiensis group

grandipennis group

gravatella group

iagella group

inclusella group

inertella group

inspersella group

insulella ("ericivorella") group

karinae group

karsholti group

klimeschi group

knochella group

laminella group

limbella group – possibly subgenus Scythris

lobella group

mariannae group

martini group

meanderis group

monochreella group

mus group

nigrella group

nipholecta group

noricella group

obscurella group – possibly subgenus Galanthia

palustris group

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pascuella group

passerini group

penicillata group

petrella group

picaepennis group

pinker group

platypyga group

podoliensis group

polycarpaeae group

productella group

pulicella group

punctivittella group

rubioi group

schleichiella group

scopolella group

seliniella group

siccella group

sinensis group

subfasciata group

tributella group

unquisella group

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=Species ''incertae sedis''=

Finally, there are many species which are neither clearly assignable to any one species group, nor autapomorphic enough to be included in a monospecific "group". These include:

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Afrotropical

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Selected former species

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Footnotes

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References

  • {{aut|Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS)}} (2008): Australian Faunal Directory – [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Scythris Scythris]. Version of 9 October 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  • {{aut|Fauna Europaea (FE)}} (2009): [https://web.archive.org/web/20110622083109/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=360366 Scythris]. Version 2.1, 22 December 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  • {{aut|Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul}} (2004): [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/index.dsml Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species] – [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=26627.0 Scythris]. Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  • {{aut|Savela, Markku}} (2008): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/scythrididae/scythris/index.html Scythris]. Version of 17 July 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  • {{aut|Tree of Life Web Project (ToL)}} (2009): [http://tolweb.org/Xyloryctidae/12107 Xyloryctidae]. Version of 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2010.

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Category:Scythrididae

Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner