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Scythris corsa

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ14325566 ↗
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Scythris corsa is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Pietro Passerin d'Entrèves in 1986. It is found on Corsica.

The wingspan is 13–15 mm.

The larvae feed on Anthyllis hermanni.

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This entry incorporates text from “Scythris corsa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.