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| Apoxyptilus | |
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Scientific 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:
- Apoxyptilus anthites (Meyrick, 1936), which is known from Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda
- Apoxyptilus steineri Gielis, 2011 (from Madagascar)
- Apoxyptilus uzumarus Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014 (from Malawi)
Etymology
[edit]The generic name indicates that this genus not closely related to Oxyptilus.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Apoxyptilus.
- De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. "Apoxyptilus Alipanah et al., 2010". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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