''Scalmatica'' is a

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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 ...

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Biology

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Scalmatica albofasciella ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *''Scalmatica corticea' ...

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Scalmatica corticea ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *'' Scalmatica corticea ...

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Species

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Scalmatica albifusa ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *''Scalmatica corticea' ...

'' Meyrick, 1926 *''

'' (Stainton 1859) (from India) *''

Scalmatica ascendens ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *''Scalmatica corticea' ...

'' Gozmány, 1966 *'' Scalmatica constrata'' Meyrick, 1919 (from Sri Lanka) *''

'' (Meyrick, 1925) (from Egypt) *''

Scalmatica gnathosella ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *'' Scalmatica corticea ...

'' Mey, 2011 *'' Scalmatica insularis'' Gozmány, 1969 *''

Scalmatica malacista ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *'' Scalmatica corticea ...

'' Meyrick, 1924 *''

Scalmatica myelodes ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *''Scalmatica corticea' ...

'' Meyrick, 1921 *''

Scalmatica phaulocentra ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *''Scalmatica corticea' ...

'' Meyrick, 1921 *''

Scalmatica retiaria ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *''Scalmatica corticea' ...

'' Meyrick, 1919 *''

Scalmatica rhicnopa ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *''Scalmatica corticea' ...

'' Meyrick, 1919 *'' Scalmatica rigens'' Meyrick, 1916 *''

Scalmatica rimosa ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus '' Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *''Scalmatica corticea' ...

'' Meyrick, 1911 *''

'' Meyrick, 1911 (from Seychelles) *''

Scalmatica saccusella ''Scalmatica'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family (biology), family Tineidae. Biology One species of this genus ''Scalmatica albofasciella'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''Ficus benghalensis'' in India and *''Sca ...

'' Mey, 2011 *'' Scalmatica separata'' Gozmány, 1965 *'' Scalmatica zernyi'' Gozmány, 1967

References

*Meyrick E. 1911d. Tortricina and Tineina. Results of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2)14(3):263–307.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.30-Dec-2016)
Myrmecozelinae Moth genera {{Tineidae-stub