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Scythris
Scythris is a genus of gelechioid moths. It is the type genus of the flower moth family, which is sometimes included as a subfamily in the Xyloryctidae, or together with these merged into the Oecophoridae.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Banded Scythris Moth
speciesScythris trivinctella

Scythris sinensis
speciesScythris sinensis

Chenopodium Scythris Moth
speciesScythris limbella

Scythris fuscicomella
speciesScythris fuscicomella

Scythris scopolella
speciesScythris scopolella

Scythris knochella
speciesScythris knochella

Scythris inertella
speciesScythris inertella

Norfolk owlet
speciesScythris inspersella

Scythris obscurella
speciesScythris obscurella

Scythris interrupta
speciesScythris interrupta

Scythris cuspidella
speciesScythris cuspidella

Scythris inclusella
speciesScythris inclusella

Scythris noricella
speciesScythris noricella

Scythris flabella
speciesScythris flabella

Scythris basilaris
speciesScythris basilaris

Scythris nigra
speciesScythris nigra

Scythris heinemanni
speciesScythris heinemanni

Scythris punctivittella
speciesScythris punctivittella

Scythris ypsilon
speciesScythris ypsilon

Sorrel Owlet
speciesScythris potentillella

Scythris klimeschi
speciesScythris klimeschi

Sand Owlet
speciesScythris cicadella

Scythris eboracensis
speciesScythris eboracensis

Scythris pleonectis
speciesScythris pleonectis

Scythris epistrota
speciesScythris epistrota

Scythris buszkoi
speciesScythris buszkoi

Scythris mikkolai
speciesScythris mikkolai

Copper Owlet
speciesScythris subcinctella

White-dusted Owlet
speciesScythris picaepennis

Scythris anthracina
speciesScythris anthracina

Brassy Owlet
speciesScythris fuscoaenea

Scythris pelinaula
speciesScythris pelinaula

Scythris clavella
speciesScythris clavella

Scythris mixaula
speciesScythris mixaula

Scythris mus
speciesScythris mus

Scythris lhommei
speciesScythris lhommei

Scythris vittella
speciesScythris vittella

Scythris amplexella
speciesScythris amplexella

Scythris boseanella
speciesScythris boseanella

Scythris empetrella
speciesScythris empetrella

Scythris siccella
speciesScythris siccella

Scythris terrenella
speciesScythris terrenella

Scythris triatma
speciesScythris triatma

Scythris immaculatella
speciesScythris immaculatella

Scythris aristidella
speciesScythris aristidella

Scythris ericivorella
speciesScythris ericivorella

Scythris hornigii
speciesScythris hornigii

Black Owlet
speciesScythris grandipennis

Scythris arenbergeri
speciesScythris arenbergeri

Scythris capitalis
speciesScythris capitalis

Scythris vartianae
speciesScythris vartianae

Scythris hungaricella
speciesScythris hungaricella

Scythris dissimilella
speciesScythris dissimilella

Scythris aspromontis
speciesScythris aspromontis

Scythris decrepidella
speciesScythris decrepidella

Scythris elachistoides
speciesScythris elachistoides

Scythris pilosella
speciesScythris pilosella

Scythris bagdadiella
speciesScythris bagdadiella

Scythris alhamrae
speciesScythris alhamrae

Scythris amphonycella
speciesScythris amphonycella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 211586.