Scalmatica

Scalmatica is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.

Scalmatica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Subfamily:	Myrmecozelinae
Genus:	Scalmatica Meyrick, 1911
Type species
Scalmatica rimosa Meyrick, 1911
Synonyms
Epicnaptis Meyrick, 1916 Latypica Meyrick, 1916

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:

• 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