Oxyptilus scutifer

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)

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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