Biology:Scalmatica
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Genus: | Scalmatica Meyrick, 1911
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Scalmatica is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[2]
Biology
One species of this genus Scalmatica albofasciella Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of Ficus benghalensis in India and *Scalmatica corticea Meyrick, 1925 had been reported from Vitis sp..
Species
Some species of this genus are:[3]
- Scalmatica albifusa Meyrick, 1926
- Scalmatica albofasciella (Stainton 1859) (from India)
- Scalmatica ascendens Gozmány, 1966
- Scalmatica constrata Meyrick, 1919 (from Sri Lanka)
- Scalmatica corticea (Meyrick, 1925) (from Egypt)
- Scalmatica gnathosella Mey, 2011
- Scalmatica insularis Gozmány, 1969
- Scalmatica malacista Meyrick, 1924
- Scalmatica myelodes Meyrick, 1921
- Scalmatica phaulocentra Meyrick, 1921
- Scalmatica retiaria Meyrick, 1919
- Scalmatica rhicnopa Meyrick, 1919
- Scalmatica rigens Meyrick, 1916
- Scalmatica rimosa Meyrick, 1911
- Scalmatica rimosa Meyrick, 1911 (from Seychelles)
- Scalmatica saccusella Mey, 2011
- Scalmatica separata Gozmány, 1965
- Scalmatica zernyi Gozmány, 1967
References
- Meyrick E. 1911d. Tortricina and Tineina. Results of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2)14(3):263–307.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.30-Dec-2016)
Wikidata ☰ Q7429802 entry
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