''Scalmatica'' is a

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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 cortic ...

'' Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of ''

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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 cortice ...

'' Meyrick, 1925 had been reported from ''

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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 cortice ...

'' 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 cortice ...

'' 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 ''Scalmatica insularis'' is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Hungarian entomologist László Anthony Gozmány in 1969 and is found in eastern Madagascar. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane i ...

'' 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 cortice ...

'' 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 ''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, 1916 *''

Scalmatica rimosa ''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 ...

'' Meyrick, 1911 *''

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

Scalmatica saccusella ''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 separata ''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, 1965 *''

Scalmatica zernyi ''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 cortic ...

'' 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