Xyroptila vaughani

Xyroptila vaughani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Xyroptila
Species:	X. vaughani
Binomial name
	Xyroptila vaughani; (T. B. Fletcher, 1909)
Synonyms
	Oxyptilus vaughani T. B. Fletcher, 1909;

Xyroptila vaughani is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1909. It is found in Sri Lanka^[1] and India.

The larvae probably feed on the fruit of Dimorphocalyx glabellus.^[2]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oxyptilus vaughani". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
^ Life-histories of Indian Insects: Microlepidoptera

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