Scythris curvipilella Bengtsson, 2002
| FAMILY | Scythrididae |
| SUBFAMILY | Scythridinae |
| GENUS | Scythris |
| SPECIES | curvipilella |
| AUTHOR | Bengtsson, 2002 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Scythris curvipilella sp. n. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Yemen, Province of Ta'izz, Wadi Warazan, 5 km NW of Ar Rahidah, 1080 m, 27.iv.1998, leg. M. Fibiger et al. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide B. Bengtsson 921X♂, ZMUC; Paratypes 16♂, 9♀, genitalia slides B. Bengtsson 875X, 818X, 4505, 890X, 4496, 4505, ZMUC, coll. Bengtsson. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Bengtsson B. Å. 2002b. Scythridids of the Arabia Peninsula, II: Yemen (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). - Esperiana 9:61-127. |
| PAGINATION | 75, figs 49-50, 91, 147 |
Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Kenya | Bengtsson B. Å. 2014. The Afrotropical Scythrididae. - Esperiana Memoir 7:1-361. | 251 | |
| Namibia | Nupponen K., Haverinen R. & Pototski A. 2021. New records of Scythrididae from Namibia, with descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). - Shilap, Revista de lepidopterología 49(194):369-383. | 375 | |
| Yemen | Bengtsson B. Å. 2002b. Scythridids of the Arabia Peninsula, II: Yemen (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). - Esperiana 9:61-127. | 75 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Fabaceae | Acacia tortilis | Kenya | Bengtsson B. Å. 2014. The Afrotropical Scythrididae. - Esperiana Memoir 7:1-361. | 137 |
