Xestocasis

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Xestocasis
Xestocasis balanochrysa.jpg
Xestocasis balanochrysa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
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