What is "scardia"

Scardia is an Italian surname, heavily concentrated in the Heel of Italy. It may also refer to:

• 5248 Scardia, a main-belt asteroid
• Scardia (moth), a fungus moth genus
• Stachys scardia, a species of Stachys
• a name for the Aristolochia recorded in App. Herb 19

Scardia is a genus of the fungus moth family ( Tineidae). Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Scardiinae, of which it is the type genus. Several of the species placed here in earlier times have been moved to other genera of the subfamily, e.g. Amorophaga, Montescardia and Morophaga.