Xestocasis

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Xestocasis
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Xestocasis balanochrysa
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Oecophoridae (see text)
Genus:
Xestocasis

Meyrick, 1914

Xestocasis is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It was described in the family Heliodinidae and is sometimes also listed in the Cosmopterigidae, but actually seems to belong in the Oecophoridae (possibly in the subfamily Stathmopodinae).

Species

Former species


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