''Scaeosopha'' is a genus 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 in the family
Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previ ...
.
Species
*''mitescens'' species group
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Scaeosopha chionoscia''
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Scaeosopha convexa''
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Scaeosopha dentivalvula
''Scaeosopha dentivalvula'' is a species 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 Pa ...
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Scaeosopha gibbosa''
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Scaeosopha grandannulata''
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Scaeosopha incantata''
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Scaeosopha mitescens''
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Scaeosopha nigrimarginata''
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Scaeosopha rarimaculata''
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Scaeosopha rotundivalvula''
H.H. Li, 2005
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Scaeosopha sattleri''
H.H. Li, 2005
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Scaeosopha trigonia''
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Scaeosopha triocellata''
*''percnaula'' species group
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Scaeosopha betrokensis''
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Scaeosopha erecta''
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Scaeosopha hongkongensis''
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Scaeosopha minuta''
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Scaeosopha nullivalvella''
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Scaeosopha percnaula''
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Scaeosopha pseusta''
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Scaeosopha sabahensis''
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Scaeosopha sinevi''
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Scaeosopha spinivalvata''
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Scaeosopha tuberculata''
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Scaeosopha victoriensis''
*unknown species group
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Scaeosopha atrinervis''
Former species
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Scaeosopha albicellata''
Meyrick (now in ''
Triclonella'')
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Scaeosopha citrocarpa''
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 genera
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