The Siloscinae are a subfamily of moth of the family Tineidae. The subfamily was described by Hungarian entomologist László Anthony Gozmány in 1968.
| Siloscinae | |
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| Autochthonus chalybiellus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Siloscinae Gozmány, 1968[1] |
Most species of this subfamily are found in the Afrotropical region, but one species was described from China.
Genera
edit- Autochthonus Walsingham, 1891
- Organodesma Gozmány, 1965
- Silosca Gozmány, 1965
References
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- Gozmány L. A., 1965. Some collections of Tineid moths from Africa (Microlepidoptera). — Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 11(): 253–294.