Scythris sinensis is a moth of the family Scythrididae first described by the Austrian entomologists Baron Cajetan von Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. The moth is found in Asia, Europe and North America.
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| Scythris sinensis in Bucharest, Romania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Scythris |
| Species: | S. sinensis
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Description
editThe wingspan is 10–14 mm. The forewings are blue-blackish and the hindwings are dark fuscous.[2] The larvae feed on goosefoot (Chenopodium album) and common orache (Atriplex patula).[3]
Distribution
editThe moth is known from the Far East and has been found in eastern Europe in recent years, probably as accidental introductions.[4] It is also found in central Russia, southern Siberia and Pennsylvania in North America. In Great Britain the moth is only known from two specimens discovered in a shop in Kent in 1980. They were probably accidentally imported.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Scythris sinensis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ Description of Eretmocera pentaxantha in Exot. Microlep. 3 (17): 543 [dead link]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Scythris Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ a b Kimber, Ian. "43.0061 BF920b Scythris sinensis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". UKmoths. Retrieved 24 May 2020.