Siloscinae
Subfamily of moths
| Siloscinae | |
|---|---|
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| Autochthonus chalybiellus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Siloscinae Gozmány, 1968[1] |
The Siloscinae are a subfamily of moth of the family Tineidae. The subfamily was described by Hungarian entomologist László Anthony Gozmány in 1968.
Most species of this subfamily are found in the Afrotropical region, but one species was described from China.
Genera
- Autochthonus Walsingham, 1891
- Organodesma Gozmány, 1965
- Silosca Gozmány, 1965
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.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (accessed 20 March 2017)
