Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a new genus and some new species Author D’Entrèves, Pietro Passerin Author Roggero, Angela text Zootaxa 2009 2263 1 20 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.190774 facbe14d-b1be-4713-854a-7517979407bd 1175-5326 190774 Scythris canescens ( Staudinger, 1880 ) Material examined. 1 Ƥ N. Afghanistan , Polichomri, 700 m , 28.v.1956 , H. G. Amsel leg. [genital slide 9465 PdE]. Distribution. Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia , Libya , Turkey , Syria , Afghanistan , and Pakistan . Remarks. Pol-e-Khomri (Baghlan Province) is located in the northeastern Afghanistan , near the Hindu Kush Range.