Scythris tributella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Scythris |
| Species: | S. tributella
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| Scythris tributella (Zeller, 1847)
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Scythris tributella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847. It is found in central and southern Europe, North Africa (Libya) and Russia (southern Urals),[1][2] Georgia, Turkey and Turkmenistan.[3]
The wingspan is 9–12 mm.[4] The fore- and hindwings are chocolate brown without markings. The wings are slightly shiny at the base, the head and abdomen black, and the hindwings lighter than the forewings.[5]
The larvae feed on Coronilla varia.
References
- ^ "Scythris Hübner, [1825]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Notes on the distribution of Palearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
- ^ microvlinders.nl
- ^ Examination of the Scythrididae in the Bruand d’Uzelle collection: faunistic and taxonomic implications for the genus Scythris (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae)