Scardia (moth)
| Scardia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Scardiinae |
| Genus: | Scardia Treitschke, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Phycis boleti Fabricius, 1798 | |
| Diversity | |
| 6–9 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.[1]
Species
The species placed in Scardia are:[2]
- 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:[3]
- Agarica Sodoffsky 1837
- Duomitella Kozhantschikov 1923
- Fernaldia Grote 1881
Footnotes
References
- Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Scardia. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-02.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Scardia. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
- Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
- Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Scardia. Version of 2009-AUG-07. Retrieved 2010-MAY-03.
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