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Scythris tributella

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ14525521 ↗
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Scythris tributella is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847. It is found in central and southern Europe, North Africa (Libya) and Russia (southern Urals), Georgia, Turkey and Turkmenistan.

The wingspan is 9–12 mm. The fore- and hindwings are chocolate brown without markings. The wings are slightly shiny at the base, the head and abdomen black, and the hindwings lighter than the forewings.

The larvae feed on Coronilla varia.

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This entry incorporates text from “Scythris tributella” 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.