Xyrosaris

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Xyrosaris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Subfamily: Yponomeutinae
Genus: Xyrosaris
Meyrick, 1907
Type species
Xyrosaris dryopa
Meyrick, 1907
Species

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Xyrosaris is a genus of moths of the family Yponomeutidae. [1] [2]

This genus is allied to Zelleria but distinct by the long antennae, peculiar palpi and scale-tufts of forewings. [3]

Species

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Xyrosaris". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. NCBI taxonomy database. ID: 263936. [accessed 15-09-2009]
  3. Meyrick, E. 1907. Descriptions of Australasian Micro-lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 47-150: p.71