Oxyptilus erythrodactylus

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Oxyptilus erythrodactylus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Oxyptilus
Species:
O. erythrodactylus
Binomial name
Oxyptilus erythrodactylus

Oxyptilus erythrodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1911. It is known from South Africa.

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Oxyptilus erythrodactylus Fletcher D. S., 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved April 3, 2018. Note: This source uses the initials "D. S." in the title but uses ""T. B." in the source description.
  2. Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge (September 1911). "Four New Pterophoridae". The Entomologist. 44 (580): 281–283, 346–348 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.