''Scardia'' is a
genus
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of the fungus moth
family
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(
Tineidae
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). Therein, it belongs to the
subfamily
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Scardiinae, of which it is the
type genus
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Zoological nomenclature
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. Several of the
species
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placed here in earlier times have been moved to other genera of the subfamily, e.g. ''
Amorophaga'', Montescardia, and Morophaga.
Species
The
species
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placed in ''Scardia'' are:
* ''
Scardia alleni''
Robinson, 1986
* ''
Scardia amurensis''
Zagulajev, 1965
* ''
Scardia anatomella''
Grote, 1881 (= ''S. fiskeella'')
* ''
Scardia assamensis''
Robinson, 1986
* ''
Scardia boletella''
(Fabricius, 1794) (= ''S. boleti, S. polypori, S. relicta'')
* ''
Scardia caucasica''
Zagulajev, 1965
* ''
Scardia isthmiella''
Busck, 1914 (tentatively placed here)
* ''
Scardia pharetrodes''
Meyrick, 1934 (tentatively placed here)
* ''
Scardia tholerodes''
Meyrick, 1894 (tentatively placed here)
Synonyms
Junior synonym
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...
s of ''Scardia'' are:
* ''Agarica''
* ''Duomitella''
Kozhantschikov 1923
* ''Fernaldia''
Grote 1881
Footnotes
References
* (2009)
''Scardia'' Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-02.
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Scardia'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
*
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Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera) Retrieved 2010-MAY-05.
* (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2009-AUG-07. Retrieved 2010-MAY-03.
Scardiinae
Tineidae genera
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