Scalmatica

Scalmatica is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.^[2]

Biology

One species of this genus Scalmatica albofasciella Stainton 1859 had been found boring aerial roots of Ficus benghalensis in India and *Scalmatica corticea Meyrick, 1925 had been reported from Vitis sp..

Species

Some species of this genus are:^[3]

• Scalmatica albifusa Meyrick, 1926
• Scalmatica albofasciella (Stainton 1859) (from India)
• Scalmatica ascendens Gozmány, 1966
• Scalmatica constrata Meyrick, 1919 (from Sri Lanka)
• Scalmatica corticea (Meyrick, 1925) (from Egypt)
• Scalmatica gnathosella Mey, 2011
• Scalmatica insularis Gozmány, 1969
• Scalmatica malacista Meyrick, 1924
• Scalmatica myelodes Meyrick, 1921
• Scalmatica phaulocentra Meyrick, 1921
• Scalmatica retiaria Meyrick, 1919
• Scalmatica rhicnopa Meyrick, 1919
• Scalmatica rigens Meyrick, 1916
• Scalmatica rimosa Meyrick, 1911
• Scalmatica rimosa Meyrick, 1911 (from Seychelles)
• Scalmatica saccusella Mey, 2011
• Scalmatica separata Gozmány, 1965
• Scalmatica zernyi Gozmány, 1967

References

• Meyrick E. 1911d. Tortricina and Tineina. Results of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2)14(3):263–307.
• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.30-Dec-2016)

Data related to Scalmatica at Wikispecies