''Scyrotis'' 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
Cecidosidae
Cecidosidae is a family of primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera which have a piercing ovipositor used for laying eggs in plant tissue in which they induce galls, or they mine in bark (Davis, 1999; Hoare and Dugdale, 2003). Nine sp ...
.
Species
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Scyrotis alticolaria''
Mey, 2007
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Scyrotis athleta''
Meyrick, 1909
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Scyrotis brandbergensis''
Mey, 2007
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Scyrotis granosa''
(Meyrick, 1912)
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Scyrotis kochi''
Mey, 2007
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Scyrotis matoposensis''
Mey, 2007
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Scyrotis namakarooensis''
Mey, 2007
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Scyrotis pulleni''
Mey, 2007
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Scyrotis trivialis''
(Meyrick, 1913)
References
Cecidosidae
Adeloidea genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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