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Pseudoxyptilus

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

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Pseudoxyptilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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

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

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.

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