The Siloscinae are a
subfamily of
moth
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of the
family
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Tineidae
Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...
. The subfamily was described by Hungarian entomologist László Anthony Gozmány in 1968.
Most species of this subfamily are found in the
Afrotropical
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region, but one species was described from
China.
Genera
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Autochthonus
''Autochthonus'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family (biology), family Tineidae. The genus was described in 1891 by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, Lord Walsingham.
Species
*''Autochthonus chalybiellus'' Walsingham, 1891 (from Gam ...
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Walsingham, 1891
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Organodesma''
Gozmány, 1965
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Silosca
''Silosca'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family (biology), family Tineidae. The genus was described in 1965 by Hungarian entomologist László Anthony Gozmány.
All species in this genus are only known from African countries.
Species
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Gozmány, 1965
References
*Gozmány L. A., 1965. Some collections of Tineid moths from Africa (Microlepidoptera). — ''Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae'' 11(): 253–294.
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