Cimitra

Cimitra is a genus of moths belonging to the family of Tineidae.[1] Most species of this genus are found in Africa but Cimitra sechusella Walker, 1864 is found in Southeast Asia.[2]

Cimitra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tineidae
Subfamily:
Hapsiferinae
Genus:
Cimitra

Walker, 1864
Synonyms
  • Scalidomia Walsingham, 1891

Species

Species of this genus are:[3]

  • Cimitra efformata (Gozmány, 1965)
  • Cimitra estimata (Gozmány, 1965)
  • Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
  • Cimitra horridella (Walker, 1863)
  • Cimitra platyloxa (Meyrick, 1930)
  • Cimitra spinignatha (Gozmány, 1968)
  • Cimitra sechusella Walker, 1864
  • Cimitra texturata (Gozmány, 1967)
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References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  2. Pathania, Rose & Sood, 2006. Taxonomic Studies on a Species of the Genus Cimitra Walker (Hapsiferinae: Tineidae: Lepidoptera) from India. Zoos' Print Journal 21(6):2277-2278
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2015. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (29.Jan.2015)


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