Scythrididae
Family of moths
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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.[2]
| Flower moths | |
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| Adult Scythris scopolella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Scythrididae Rebel, 1901 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| About 30 genera and 669 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Selected genera
Genera of Scythrididae (with some notable species also listed) include:[3]
- Apostibes Walsingham, 1907
- Areniscythris Powell, 1976
- Asymmetrura Landry, 1991
- Bactrianoscythris Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009
- Catascythris[4]
- 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]
- Synacroloxis Gozmány, 1952
