Oxyptilus scutifer

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Oxyptilus scutifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Oxyptilus
Species:	O. scutifer
Binomial name
*Oxyptilus scutifer* Meyrick, 1930

Oxyptilus scutifer is a species of moth in the genus Oxyptilus, known from Costa Rica and Ecuador. Moths in this species take flight in March and have a wingspan of about 11–14 millimetres (0.43–0.55 in).^[1]

References

↑ Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)

v t e Moths in the Oxyptilus genus

Oxyptilus catathectes Oxyptilus causodes Oxyptilus celebratus Oxyptilus chrysodactyla Oxyptilus delawaricus Oxyptilus epidectis Oxyptilus erebites Oxyptilus ericetorum Oxyptilus erythrodactylus Oxyptilus parvidactyla Oxyptilus praedator Oxyptilus scutifer

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