Biology:Scaeosopha

Short description: Genus of moths

Scaeosopha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Subfamily:	Scaeosophinae
Genus:	Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914
Synonyms
Scaeothyris Diakonoff, 1968

Scaeosopha is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.

Species

• mitescens species group
  • Scaeosopha chionoscia
  • Scaeosopha convexa
  • Scaeosopha dentivalvula
  • Scaeosopha gibbosa
  • Scaeosopha grandannulata
  • Scaeosopha incantata
  • Scaeosopha mitescens
  • Scaeosopha nigrimarginata
  • Scaeosopha rarimaculata
  • Scaeosopha rotundivalvula H.H. Li, 2005
  • Scaeosopha sattleri H.H. Li, 2005
  • Scaeosopha trigonia
  • Scaeosopha triocellata
• percnaula species group
  • Scaeosopha betrokensis
  • Scaeosopha erecta
  • Scaeosopha hongkongensis
  • Scaeosopha minuta
  • Scaeosopha nullivalvella
  • Scaeosopha percnaula
  • Scaeosopha pseusta
  • Scaeosopha sabahensis
  • Scaeosopha sinevi
  • Scaeosopha spinivalvata
  • Scaeosopha tuberculata
  • Scaeosopha victoriensis
• unknown species group
  • Scaeosopha atrinervis

Former species

• Scaeosopha albicellata Meyrick (now in Triclonella)
• Scaeosopha citrocarpa Meyrick (now in Triclonella)

References

• Li H.H, 2005: The genus Scaeosopha Meyrick new to China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae: Scaeosophinae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 80(1-4): 23-28.
• Li, H.; Zhang, Z.; Sinev, S.Yu, 2012: Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species. Zootaxa, 3322: 1-34.

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Wikidata ☰ Q7429626 entry