Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Scythropiinae Higher classification Scythropiinae | Phylum Arthropoda Family Plutellidae Scientific name Scythropia Rank Genus | |
Similar Scythropia crataegella, Butterflies and moths, Ermine moth, Yponomeutinae, Kessleria | ||
Scythropia is a genus of moths of the Plutellidae family . It is usually separated in a monotypic subfamily Scythropiinae, but sometimes included in the Yponomeutinae of the Yponomeutidae.
They are sometimes called diamondback moths, which more often refers to Plutella xylostella of the fairly closely related Plutella.
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