Sciastes

Sciastes is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by S. C. Bishop & C. R. Crosby in 1938.

==Species== it contains seven species, found in Europe and Russia: Sciastes carli (Lessert, 1907) – France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria Sciastes dubius (Hackman, 1954) – Russia, Canada, USA Sciastes extremus Holm, 1967 – Canada, Greenland Sciastes hastatus Millidge, 1984 – USA, Canada Sciastes mentasta (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) – Canada, USA (Alaska) Sciastes tenna Chamberlin, 1949 – USA Sciastes truncatus (Emerton, 1882) (type) – USA, Canada