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Checklist for Family Scythrididae Rebel, 1901 (Flower Moths)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
434
4745
11084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
432
4730
11041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
411
4621
10826
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
261
3768
9377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
62
1218
2857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
62
1217
2856
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
60
1214
2851
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
28
450
1039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
24
412
984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Gelechioidea
Stainton, 1854
Case-bearers, Curved-horn moths, Twirler moths
11
124
457
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScythrididae
Rebel, 1901
Flower Moths, Scythrid moths, Scythridid Moths
3
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Namibia
3 Genera with 23 Species
Apostibes Walsingham, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Eretmocera Zeller, 19269SpeciesTaxom
Haploscythris Viette, 201412SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
23 Species
Apostibes deckerti Bengtsson, 2014
Apostibes halmyrodes Meyrick, 1921
Eretmocera basistrigata Walsingham, 1889
Eretmocera contermina Meyrick, 1926
Eretmocera fuscipennis Zeller, 1852
Eretmocera laetissima Zeller, 1852
Eretmocera letabensis Bengtsson, 2014
Eretmocera lyneborgi Bengtsson, 2014
Eretmocera monophaea Meyrick, 1927
Eretmocera scatospila Zeller, 1852
Eretmocera syleuta Meyrick, 1926
Haploscythris brunneopicta Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris chloraema Meyrick, 1887
Haploscythris eberti Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris fannyae Nupponen, 2021
Haploscythris haackei Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris indecorella Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris ochrosuffusella Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris streyi Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris valvaecrinitus Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris vansoni Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris vredendalensis Bengtsson, 2014
Haploscythris vulturoides Bengtsson, 2014


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