''Semioscopis'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of the
superfamily Gelechioidea
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Gelechioidea (from the type genus '' Gelechia'', "keeping to the ground") is the superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. It is a large ...
. It is placed in the subfamily
Depressariinae.
[Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)]
Species
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Semioscopis aurorella
''Semioscopis aurorella'', the aurora flatbody moth, is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1902. It is found in Canada from north-central Alberta to south-eastern Ontario, south into the ...
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Dyar, 1902
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Semioscopis avellanella
''Semioscopis avellanella'' is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula and the Iberian Peninsula ) east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic realm.
The wingspan is 20� ...
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(Hubner, 1793)
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Semioscopis inornata
''Semioscopis inornata'', the dull flatbody moth, is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1882. It is found throughout Canada and northern United States.
The length of the forewings is 10.5–15 ...
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Walsingham, 1882
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Semioscopis japonicella
''Semioscopis japonicella'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Sato in 1989. It is found in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the ...
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Sato, 1989
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Semioscopis mcdunnoughi
''Semioscopis mcdunnoughi'' is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1941. It is found in western North America, including Washington and British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly ...
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Clarke, 1941
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Semioscopis megamicrella
''Semioscopis megamicrella'' is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1902. It is found in the northern United States and southern Canada.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a ...
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Dyar, 1902
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Semioscopis merriccella
''Semioscopis merriccella'' is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1902. It is found throughout the northern United States and southern Canada
Canada is a country in North Amer ...
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Dyar, 1902
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Semioscopis oculella
''Semioscopis oculella'' is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, the Iberian Peninsula, Great Britain, and Ireland) east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic realm.
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(Thunberg, 1794)
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Semioscopis osthelderi
''Semioscopis osthelderi'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Rebel in 1936. It is found in Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar ...
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(Rebel, 1936)
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Semioscopis packardella
''Semioscopis packardella'', also called Packard's concealer moth or Packard's flatbody moth, is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1863. It is found in North America in central Alb ...
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(Clemens, 1863)
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Semioscopis similis
''Semioscopis similis'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Sato in 1989. It is found in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the nor ...
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Sato, 1989
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Semioscopis steinkellneriana
''Semioscopis steinkellneriana'' is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found from most of Europe (except the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula and Portugal) east to the eastern parts of the Palearctic realm.
The wingspan i ...
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(Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
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Semioscopis strigulana
''Semioscopis strigulana'' is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe (except most of the Balkan Peninsula, the Iberian Peninsula, Great Britain, Ireland, the Benelux, and Denmark) east to the eastern parts o ...
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(Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Former species
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Semioscopis acertella
''Antequera acertella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by August Busck
Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's ...
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Busck, 1913
Footnotes
References
* (2009)
''Semioscopis'' Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2012-JAN-24.
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Semioscopis'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2012-JAN-24.
* (2010): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2010-FEB-02. Retrieved 2012-JAN-24.
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Moth genera
Depressariinae