Scythrididae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Scythrididae
Genera: Aeraula – Apostibes – Areniscythris – Arotrura – Asymmetrura – Bactrianoscythris – Belophora – Castorura – Catascythris – Coleophorides – Colinita – Copida – Enolmis – Episcythris – Eretmocera – Erigethes – Exodomorpha – Falkovitshella – Furcuncaria – Galanthia – Haploscythris – Landryia – Leuroscelis – Mapsidius – Necrothalassia – Neoscythris – Novuncaria – Paralogistis – Parascythris – Rhamphura – Rubioia – Scythris – Staintonia – Synacroloxis
Name

Scythrididae Rebel, 1901
References

Bengtsson, B.Å. 2014: The Afrotropical Scythrididae. Esperiana, Buchreihe zur Entomologie, Memoir 7: 5–361. Abstract: [1] Reference page.
D’Entrèves, P.P.; Roggero, A. 2007: Contribution to the knowledge of Eastern Palaearctic scythridids (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Scythrididae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 54 (1): 115–125. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.200700011
D’Entrèves, P.P.; Roggero, A. 2009: Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species. Zootaxa, 2263: 1–20. Abstract & excerpt
Falkovitsh, M.I., 2011: Three new genera of Scythridid moths (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae) from desert of Middle Asia, with remarks on the evolution of the Family. Entomological Review 91 (6): 773–777.
Nupponen, K., 2010: Notes on Scythrididae from the Turanian region, with descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologica 38 (151): 267–285.
Nupponen, K., 2011: Notes on Scythrididae from the Turanian region, with one new synonym and descriptions of seven new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 39 (155): 301–319.
Nupponen, K., 2012: Notes on Scythrididae from southern and western Kazakhstan, with description of Scythris aralensis Nupponen, sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 40 (160): 475–488.
Nupponen, Kari , Jari Junnilainen , Jari-Pekka Kaitila & Timo Nupponen, 2007: Records of scythridids (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae) from the southeastern Balkan. Entomologica Fennica 18 (1): 1–10.
Nupponen, K. & A. Saldaitis, 2013: Recent records of scythridids from the islands of Socotra and Maldives in the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Scythrididae). Zootaxa 3626 (2): 288–294. Abstract: [2].
Nupponen, K. & Sihvonen, P. 2022. Revision of Neotropical Scythrididae moths and descriptions of 22 new species from Argentina, Chile, and Peru (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea). ZooKeys 1087ː 19–104. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1087.64382 Open access Reference page.
Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins. Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum.[3]

Vernacular names
中文: 绢蛾科