''Episcythrastis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyr ...
described by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.
Life and work
Ed ...
in 1937.
Species
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Episcythrastis elaphitis''
Meyrick, 1937
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Episcythrastis tabidella''
Mann, 1864
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Episcythrastis tetricella''
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Former species
The following species are mostly placed in ''
Myelopsis'', although it is sometimes treated as a synonym of ''Episcythrastis'':
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Myelopsis alatella''
(Hulst, 1887)
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Myelopsis immundella''
(Hulst, 1890)
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Myelopsis minutularia''
(Hulst, 1887)
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Myelopsis subtetricella''
(Ragonot, 1889)
References
Phycitini
Pyralidae genera
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