Xyleutes keyensis

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Xyleutes keyensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Xyleutes
Species:
X. keyensis
Binomial name
Xyleutes keyensis
Strand, 1919

Xyleutes keyensis is a moth in the family Cossidae. [1] It is found on the Kei Islands and Tanimbar Islands. [2]

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References

  1. Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
  2. Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1-129.