Family Scythrididae (Scythridid Moths)

Description of Scythrididae

The Scythrididae are a gelechioid group that was placed in the Xylorictidae by Hodges; they have since been moved to their own family by Landry. Adults are small, dark brown moths that are diurnal.

Subfamily:

Landryia impositella (Zeller, 1855)

Neoscythris fissirostris (Meyrick 1928)

Rhamphura altisierrae (Keifer, 1937)

Scythris basilaris (Zeller, 1855)

Scythris inornatella (Chambers, 1880)

Scythris sinensis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

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Description of Scythrididae

The Scythrididae are a gelechioid group that was placed in the Xylorictidae by Hodges; they have since been moved to their own family by Landry. Adults are small, dark brown moths that are diurnal.

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Description of Scythrididae

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Description of Scythrididae

Photographs of Scythrididae

Landryia impositella

Scythris sinensis

Rhamphura altisierrae

Landryia impositella

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