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Scythris guimarensis

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Scythris guimarensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Scythris
Species:
S. guimarensis
Binomial name
Scythris guimarensis
Bengtsson, 1997

Scythris guimarensis is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Bengt Å. Bengtsson in 1997. It is found on the Canary Islands (Tenerife).

The larvae feed on lichens growing on stones.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Scythris Hübner, [1825]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.