The Siloscinae are a subfamily of moth of the family Tineidae. The subfamily was described by Hungarian entomologist László Anthony Gozmány in 1968.

Siloscinae
Autochthonus chalybiellus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Siloscinae
Gozmány, 1968[1]

Most species of this subfamily are found in the Afrotropical region, but one species was described from China.

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References

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  • Gozmány L. A., 1965. Some collections of Tineid moths from Africa (Microlepidoptera). — Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 11(): 253–294.