Scythris fissurella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Bengt Å. Bengtsson in 1997. It is found in Cape Verde (Brava), Kenya, Sudan, Yemen, Oman, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. Records from Russia (Astrakhan region) and Kazakhstan refer to the related S. niemineni.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Scythris |
| Species: | S. fissurella
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| Scythris fissurella Bengtsson, 1997
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The larvae feed on Aerva javanica.[2]
References
edit- ^ Nupponen, K.; Nupponen, T.; Haverinen, R.; Pototski, A. (2016). "Notes on Scythrididae of Central Asia, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae)". Entomologica Fennica. 27 (3): 118–132.
- ^ Afro Moths
- Bengtsson, B.Å., 1997: Scythridids found by H. Hacker in Pakistan 1988 and India 1992. Esperiana 4:467–481.