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Checklist for Family Scythrididae Rebel, 1901 (Flower Moths)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
77
2035
5452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
76
2029
5435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
73
2014
5363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
33
598
1564
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
26
535
1447
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
11
176
582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScythrididae
Rebel, 1901
Flower Moths, Scythrid moths, Scythridid Moths
3
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
3 Genera with 29 Species
Apostibes Walsingham, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Eretmocera Zeller, 19266SpeciesTaxom
Haploscythris Viette, 201422SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
29 Species
Apostibes halmyrodes Meyrick, 1921
Eretmocera kochi Bengtsson, 2014
Eretmocera laetissima Zeller, 1852
Eretmocera lunifera (Zeller, 1852)⇒ Eretmocera fuscipennis Zeller, 1852
Eretmocera monophaea Meyrick, 1927
Eretmocera scatospila Zeller, 1852
Eretmocera syleuta Meyrick, 1926
Haploscythris albifuscella Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris brachiohirsutella Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris brunneopicta Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris canispersa Meyrick, 1913
Haploscythris chloraema Meyrick, 1887
Haploscythris coffeella Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris eberti Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris karoocola Nupponen, 2018
Haploscythris kuboosensis Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris ochrosuffusella Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris orthogonella Nupponen, 2018
Haploscythris pugilella Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris quadrivalvella Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris richtersveldensis Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris scoblei Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris sihvoneni Nupponen, 2018
Haploscythris swartbergensis Nupponen, 2018
Haploscythris valvaecrinitus Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris vansoni Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris vredendalensis Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris vulturoides Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris youngai Bengtsson, 2014


Links, sources and further information
Scythrididae at artfakta.se
Scythrididae at dyntaxa.se
Scythrididae at gbif.org
Scythrididae at irmng.org