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Oxyptilus epidectis

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Species of plume moth

Oxyptilus epidectis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Oxyptilus
Species: O. epidectis
Binomial name
Oxyptilus epidectis
Meyrick, 1908

Oxyptilus epidectis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, that is known from Mauritius, India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Biophytum sensitivum.

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. "Life histories of Indian insects: Microlepidoptera". Retrieved 7 April 2011.
Taxon identifiers
Oxyptilus epidectis


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