Scythris bornicensis

Scythris bornicensis is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Jäckh in 1977. It is found in France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.^[1][2]

Scythris bornicensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Scythrididae
Genus:	Scythris
Species:	S. bornicensis
Binomial name
Scythris bornicensis Jäckh, 1977
Synonyms
Butalis grandipennis var. jurassiella Bruand, 1858 Scythris jurassiella

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The fore- and hindwings have a clear chocolate brown, bronzy ground colour. There is no patterns on the wings.^[3]

References

1. "Scythris Hübner, [1825]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
2. Fauna Europaea
3. Examination of the Scythrididae in the Bruand d’Uzelle collection: faunistic and taxonomic implications for the genus Scythris (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae) This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.