''Scaeosopha'' is a genus of

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 ...

s in the family

Cosmopterigidae The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described ...

Species

*''mitescens'' species group **'' Scaeosopha chionoscia'' **'' Scaeosopha convexa'' **''

Scaeosopha dentivalvula ''Scaeosopha dentivalvula'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Sulawesi. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, t ...

'' **'' Scaeosopha gibbosa'' **'' Scaeosopha grandannulata'' **''

Scaeosopha incantata ''Scaeosopha incantata'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Brunei, India (the Andamans), Indonesia (Sumatra) and Malaysia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance fr ...

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Scaeosopha mitescens ''Scaeosopha mitescens'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and South Australia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the ...

'' **'' Scaeosopha nigrimarginata'' **'' Scaeosopha rarimaculata'' **''

Scaeosopha rotundivalvula ''Scaeosopha rotundivalvula'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in China and on Sumatra. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. ...

'' H.H. Li, 2005 **'' Scaeosopha sattleri'' H.H. Li, 2005 **''

Scaeosopha trigonia ''Scaeosopha trigonia'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest ...

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Scaeosopha triocellata ''Scaeosopha triocellata'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in India. The wingspan is about . The larvae feed on '' Anthocephalus cadamba''. They bore the top-shoots of their host plant., 2012: Review of the ge ...

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Scaeosopha betrokensis ''Scaeosopha betrokensis'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Madagascar. The wingspan is 17.5–20 mm. The forewings are greyish-yellow, diffused with leaden scales and with black spots. The hindwings are gr ...

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Scaeosopha erecta ''Scaeosopha erecta'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae first described by Li and Zhang in 2012. It is found in China. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to th ...

'' **'' Scaeosopha hongkongensis'' **''

Scaeosopha minuta ''Scaeosopha minuta'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Borneo and Sulawesi. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For examp ...

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Scaeosopha nullivalvella ''Scaeosopha nullivalvella'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in China, Brunei and Indonesia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other win ...

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Scaeosopha percnaula ''Scaeosopha percnaula'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in India. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Bo ...

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Scaeosopha pseusta ''Scaeosopha pseusta'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), ...

'' **'' Scaeosopha sabahensis'' **''

Scaeosopha sinevi ''Scaeosopha sinevi'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in China and Korea. The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Gardenia jasminoides ''Gardenia jasminoides'', commonly kn ...

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Scaeosopha spinivalvata ''Scaeosopha spinivalvata'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Sabah on Borneo. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For exa ...

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Scaeosopha tuberculata ''Scaeosopha tuberculata'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in China. The wingspan is about 17.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is yellow with dark spots and patches. The hindwings are dark yellowish-b ...

'' **'' Scaeosopha victoriensis'' *unknown species group **''

Scaeosopha atrinervis ''Scaeosopha atrinervis'' is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Vietnam., 2012: Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen n ...

Former species

*'' Scaeosopha albicellata'' Meyrick (now in ''

Triclonella ''Triclonella'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, see ...

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Scaeosopha citrocarpa ''Triclonella citrocarpa'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Brazil. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Cosmopteriginae Moths of South America Moths described in 1931 {{Cosmopte ...

'' Meyrick (now in ''Triclonella'')

References

* , 2005: The genus ''Scaeosopha'' Meyrick new to China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae: Scaeosophinae). ''The Pan-Pacific Entomologist'' 80(1-4): 23-28. * , 2012: Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species. ''Zootaxa'', 3322: 1-34.

External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Scaeosophinae {{Cosmopterigidae-stub