Xyroptila fulbae

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Xyroptila fulbae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Xyroptila
Species:
X. fulbae
Binomial name
Xyroptila fulbae

Xyroptila fulbae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North-Western State, Nigeria. [1]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths are a polyphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Pterophoridae family of insects

The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".

North-Western State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Northern Region and existed until 3 February 1976, when it was divided into two states - Niger and Sokoto. The city of Sokoto was the capital of North-Western State.

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References

  1. ↑ Kovtunovich, Vasily N. & Petr Ya. Ustjuzhanin (2006). "The genus Xyroptila Meyrick, 1908 in the worlds fauna: new species, new records and taxonomical comments (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)". 37 (1/2). Atalanta: 249–276.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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