Scythris rivigera Meyrick, 1911

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Permalink:	SCYTRIVI
Higher taxa:	Scythrididae (family)/  Scythridinae (subfamily)/  Scythris (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Meyrick, 1911
Citation:	Scythris rivigera, n. sp.
Original genus:	Scythris
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1911d. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. III.
Journal:	Annals of the Transvaal Museum
Volume:	3
Issue:	1
Pagination:	71–72
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50476977

Scythris rivigera (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Scythris rivigera Meyrick, 1911	Holotype	♂	TMSA	Holotype ♂, type no 2560, genitalia slide TMSA 16099♂, TMSA.	South Africa	South Africa, Limpopo, Woodbush Village, 12.xii.1909, leg. C. J. Swierstra.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Scythris rivigera Meyrick, 1911	Namibia		Bengtsson B. Å. 2004. Scythrididae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea). – In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. page 133 (as tenebrella)
Scythris rivigera Meyrick, 1911	South Africa	Northern Cape	Nupponen K. 2018. Notes on Scythrididae of western South Africa and Namibia, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae) page 77
Scythris rivigera Meyrick, 1911	South Africa	Gauteng	Meyrick E. 1914c. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. V. page 197 (as fluctuosa
Scythris rivigera Meyrick, 1911	South Africa	Limpopo	Meyrick E. 1911d. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. III. page 71
Scythris rivigera Meyrick, 1911	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Bengtsson B. Å. 2019. Scythrididae (Gelechioidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 254
Scythris rivigera Meyrick, 1911	Yemen		Bengtsson B. Å. 2002b. Scythridids of the Arabia Peninsula, II: Yemen (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). page 91 (as tenebrella)
Scythris rivigera Meyrick, 1911	Zimbabwe		Bengtsson B. Å. 2014. The Afrotropical Scythrididae. page 106

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Scythris rivigera (1)

Scythris fluctuosa (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Scythris fluctuosa Meyrick, 1914	Meyrick, 1914	species	Synonym	Scythris fluctuosa
Scythris tenebrella Bengtsson, 2002	Bengtsson, 2002	species	Synonym	Scythris tenebrella