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Apoxyptilus

Apoxyptilus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae containing only three species:Apoxyptilus anthites (Meyrick, 1936), which is known from Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda Apoxyptilus steineri Gielis, 2011 Apoxyptilus uzumarus Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014

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Apoxyptilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Oxyptilini
Genus: Apoxyptilus
Alipanah et al., 2010
Type species
Apoxyptilus anthites
(Meyrick, 1936)

Apoxyptilus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae containing only three species:

Etymology

The generic name indicates that this genus not closely related to Oxyptilus.

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