Scardiinae
Subfamily of moths
| Scardiinae | |
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| Tinissa apicimaculata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Scardiinae Eyer, 1924[1] |
| Synonyms | |
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The Scardiinae are a subfamily of moth of the family Tineidae. Scardiinae are fungivorous and are characterised by larval features and lack of gnathos.[2]
Genera
- Afroscardia
- Amorophaga
- Archyala Meyrick, 1889
- Bythocrates
- Cnismorectis
- Coniastis
- Cranaodes
- Daviscardia
- Diataga
- Dorata
- Hilaroptera Gozmány, 1969
- Leptozancla Meyrick, 1920
- Montescardia
- Morophaga Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
- Pelecystola Meyrick, 1920
- Scardia
- Scardiella
- Semeoloncha Gozmány, 1968
- Tinissa Walker, 1864
- Trigonarchis
- Vespitinea
References
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- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.28-Feb-2017)
- ^ Holloway, Kibby & Peggie, 2001. The families of Malesian Moths and Butterflies, Vol.3. - Fauna Malesiana Handbooks - Brill.
