Oxyptilus Explained

Oxyptilus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1841.^[1]

Species

• Oxyptilus catathectes
• Oxyptilus causodes Meyrick, 1905
• Oxyptilus celebratus
• Oxyptilus chrysodactyla
• Oxyptilus cinctipedalis
• Oxyptilus delawaricus
• Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
• Oxyptilus erebites
• Oxyptilus ericetorum
• Oxyptilus erythrodactylus D. S. Fletcher, 1911
• Oxyptilus idonealis
• Oxyptilus insomnis
• Oxyptilus mycites
• Oxyptilus orichalcias
• Oxyptilus parvidactyla
• Oxyptilus pilosellae
• Oxyptilus praedator
• Oxyptilus regulus
• Oxyptilus scutifer
• Oxyptilus secutor
• Oxyptilus variegatus
• Oxyptilus wallecei

Former species included in this genus are:

• Oxyptilus anthites Meyrick, 1936

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Oxyptilus Zeller, 1841 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . March 24, 2018.