Examination of the Scythrididae in the Bruand d’Uzelle collection: faunistic and taxonomic implications for the genus Scythris (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae)

Abstract

A review was made of the Scythrididae in the Bruand collection. This led to certain faunistic and taxonomic changes for Bruand’s taxa. Scythris subcinctella (Bruand, 1851), stat. rev., valid spec., has priority over Scythris crassiuscula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855). Several synonymies are established: Scythris curtulella (Bruand, 1851), nomen dubium, is possibly conspecific with Scythris limbella (Fabricius, 1775); Scythris crassiuscula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855), syn. nov. (= Scythris subcinctella (Bruand, 1851)); Scythris subaureicinctella (Bruand, 1856), syn. nov., emendation (= Scythris subcinctella (Bruand, 1851)); Scythris cinefactella (Bruand, 1851) is a nomen nudum (= Scythris tributella (Zeller, 1847), not Scythris laminella (D. & S., 1775) as considered by earlier authors); Scythris jurassiella (Bruand, 1858) is a nomen nudum (= Scythris bornicensis Jäckh, 1977). Scythris apicalis (Zeller, 1847) is deleted from the French checklist. Other species from the Doubs (France) are either confirmed or refuted. The year of publication of most of the taxa described by Bruand is 1851 and not 1847 as stated in the literature.

Keywords

• Scythrididae
• France
• synonymies
• taxonomy
• palearctic
• Scythris