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Scardia (moth)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Tineidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Scardiinae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Scardia boletella, Butterflies and moths, Nemapogon, Niditinea, Monopis

Scardia is a genus of the fungus moth family (Tineidae). Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Scardiinae, of which it is the type genus. Several of the species placed here in earlier times have been moved to other genera of the subfamily, e.g. Amorophaga, Montescardia, and Morophaga.

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Species

The species placed in Scardia are:

  • Scardia alleni Robinson, 1986
  • Scardia amurensis Zagulajev, 1965
  • Scardia anatomella Grote, 1881 (= S. fiskeella)
  • Scardia assamensis Robinson, 1986
  • Scardia boletella (Fabricius, 1794) (= S. boleti, S. polypori, S. relicta)
  • Scardia caucasica Zagulajev, 1965
  • Scardia isthmiella Busck, 1914 (tentatively placed here)
  • Scardia pharetrodes Meyrick, 1934 (tentatively placed here)
  • Scardia tholerodes Meyrick, 1894 (tentatively placed here)
  • Synonyms

    Junior synonyms of Scardia are:

  • Agarica Sodoffsky 1837
  • Duomitella Kozhantschikov 1923
  • Fernaldia Grote 1881
  • References

    Scardia (moth) Wikipedia