| Flower moths | |
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| AdultScythris scopolella | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Scythrididae Rebel, 1901 |
| Diversity[1] | |
| About 30 genera and 669 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scythrididae (flower moths) is afamily of smallmoths in thesuperfamilyGelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in theXyloryctidae as asubfamilyScythridinae, but the Xyloryctidae themselves have sometimes been included in theOecophoridae as subfamily. Scythrididaeadults are smallish to mid-sized moths, which when at rest appearteardrop-shaped.[2]
Genera of Scythrididae (with some notable species also listed) include:[3]
Data related toScythrididae at Wikispecies See alsoGelechioidea Talk page for comparison of some approaches to gelechioid systematics and taxonomy.