''Scythris popescugorji'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
of the family
Scythrididae
Scythrididae (flower moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The family is sometimes included in the Xyloryctidae as a subfamily Scythridinae, but the Xyloryctidae themselves have sometimes been included in the Oecopho ...
. It was described by Passerin d’Entrèves in 1984. It is found in
Portugal
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and
Turkey
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, where it usually occurs in mountainous regions.
Notes on the distribution of Palearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
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References
popescugorji
Moths described in 1984
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
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