Bactrianoscythris
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Bactrianoscythris is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of gelechioid moth
Gelechioidea
| name = Curved-horn moths| image = Xylorycta assimilis.jpg| image_width = 240px| image_caption = Adult Xylorycta assimilis of the Xyloryctidae, photographed in Aranda Note prominent "horns" and long antennae| regnum = Animalia| phylum = Arthropoda...

s, which is mostly placed in the flower moth family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

, which is sometimes included as a subfamily in the Xyloryctidae, or together with these merged into the Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this....

.

Species

  • Bactrianoscythris afghana Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009
  • Bactrianoscythris annae Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009
  • Bactrianoscythris depranella Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009
  • Bactrianoscythris ginevrae Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009
  • Bactrianoscythris khinjani Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2009
  • Bactrianoscythris pamirica (Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2008)
  • Bactrianoscythris satyrella (Staudinger, 1880)
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