Pseudoxyptilus

Pseudoxyptilus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae containing only one species, Pseudoxyptilus secutor, which is known from South Africa.

Pseudoxyptilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Oxyptilini
Genus: Pseudoxyptilus
Alipanah et al., 2010
Species:
P. secutor
Binomial name
Pseudoxyptilus secutor
(Meyrick, 1911)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus secutor Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.

References
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