Cimitra

Genus of moths

Cimitra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Hapsiferinae
Genus: Cimitra
Walker, 1864
Synonyms
  • Scalidomia Walsingham, 1891

Cimitra is a genus of moths belonging to the family of Tineidae.[1] Most species of this genus are found in Africa but Cimitra sechusella Walker, 1864 is found in Southeast Asia.[2]

Species

Species of this genus are:[3]

  • Cimitra efformata (Gozmány, 1965)
  • Cimitra estimata (Gozmány, 1965)
  • Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
  • Cimitra horridella (Walker, 1863)
  • Cimitra platyloxa (Meyrick, 1930)
  • Cimitra spinignatha (Gozmány, 1968)
  • Cimitra sechusella Walker, 1864
  • Cimitra texturata (Gozmány, 1967)

References

Wikispecies has information related to Cimitra.
  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  2. ^ Pathania, Rose & Sood, 2006. Taxonomic Studies on a Species of the Genus Cimitra Walker (Hapsiferinae: Tineidae: Lepidoptera) from India. Zoos' Print Journal 21(6):2277-2278
  3. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. "Cimitra". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 3 June 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Cimitra


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