Scythris tributella

Scythris tributella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Scythrididae
Genus:	Scythris
Species:	S. tributella
Binomial name
Scythris tributella (Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
Oecophora tributella Zeller, 1847 Oecophora terrenella Zeller, 1847 Oecophora parvella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Oecophora denigratella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Butalis serella Constant, 1885 Scythris karnyella Rebel, 1918 Scythris monotinctella Turati, 1924 Scythris bulbosella Lhomme, 1949 Scythris igaloensis Amsel, 1951 Butalis cinefactella Bruand, 1851

Scythris tributella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847. It is found in central and southern Europe, North Africa (Libya) and Russia (southern Urals),[1][2] Georgia, Turkey and Turkmenistan.[3]

The wingspan is 9–12 mm.[4] The fore- and hindwings are chocolate brown without markings. The wings are slightly shiny at the base, the head and abdomen black, and the hindwings lighter than the forewings.[5]

The larvae feed on Coronilla varia.

References

1. "Scythris Hübner, [1825]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
2. Fauna Europaea
3. Notes on the distribution of Palearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
4. microvlinders.nl
5. Examination of the Scythrididae in the Bruand d’Uzelle collection: faunistic and taxonomic implications for the genus Scythris (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae)  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.