Lepidoptera32 species

Family Flower Moths (Scythrididae)

Scythrididae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 32 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Scythrididae (32)

Oso Flaco Flightless Moth

Areniscythris brachypteris

Areniscythris brachypteris, the Oso Flaco flightless moth or sand-dune grasshopper moth, is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It was described by Jerry A. Powell in 1976. It is found in the coastal sand dunes of California.

Arotrura balli - Hodges#1676.1

Arotrura balli

Identification: Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD).

Arotrura formidabilis - Hodges#1667.1

Arotrura formidabilis

Identification: Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD).

Arotrura longissima - Hodges#1667.2

Arotrura longissima

Identification: Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD).

Arotrura sponsella - Hodges#1676

Arotrura sponsella

Identification: Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD).

Spotted-seal enolmis moth

Enolmis acanthella

Enolmis acanthella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Jean-Baptiste Godart in 1824. It is found in north-western Africa, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Switzerland. The species is spreading its distribution area. It was first sight

Eretmocera impactella

Eretmocera impactella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. This species is known from Oman, United Arab Emirates, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand and Pakistan.

Joyful Moth

Eretmocera laetissima

Eretmocera laetissima is a moth of the family Scythrididae. This species is known from Gambia, Congo, Comoros, Madagascar, Sierra Leone and South Africa.

Landryia impositella - Hodges#1662

Landryia impositella

Identification: Adult - see description in Forbes (1923) under S. impositella ( 349 ).

Hodges#1658

Neoscythris fissirostris

Neoscythris fissirostris is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas.

Parascythris muelleri

Parascythris is a monotypic moth genus in the family Scythrididae erected by Hans-Joachim Hannemann in 1960. Its only species, Parascythris muelleri, was described by Josef Johann Mann in 1871. It is found in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slo

Scythris basilaris - Hodges#1652

Scythris basilaris

Identification: See Butalis flavifrontella Clemens, 1860 ( 169 , 126 ) Genitalia:

Scythris eboracensis - Hodges#1655

Scythris eboracensis

Identification: Clemens described the sheen as yellowish. Forewings are black and tinged with violet.

Scythris inornatella - Hodges#1397

Scythris inornatella

Identification: "... Face very light brown with light metallic reflection, whitish around eyes and at occiput... Labial palpus white, relatively short, apex not extended to vertex. Haustellum base covered with white scales. Antenna buff, extended to

Scythris inspersella

Wingspan about 14 mm. A blackish brown moth with scattered white scales. Areas where the larval foodplants occur. The adult moths fly during the day, especially in sunshine, visiting flowers of the foodplant. They are on the wing in July and August.

Scythris limbella

The moths fly between June and September, possibly in two generations. In May-June and July-August, the larvae feed amongst the shoots and flowers of Goosefoot (Chenopodium) or Orache (Atriplex), in a slight web. Distributed in south-east and souther

Scythris obscurella

Scythris obscurella is a moth belonging to the family Scythrididae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763.

Scythris scopolella

Scythris scopolella is a species of moth of the family Scythrididae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula, north to Belgium, east to Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Italy. It is also found in Bulgaria and on Crete.

Scythris sinensis - Hodges#1651.1

Scythris sinensis

Scythris sinensis is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It is found in eastern Asia, Europe, central Russia, southern Siberia and North America (Pennsylvania).

Banded Scythris Moth

Scythris trivinctella

Scythris trivinctella, the banded scythris moth, is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New England to Florida, the Great Plains states, Texas to Arizona and south into Mexico, Utah, easter