''Oxyptilus'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Pterophoridae
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are ...
described by
Philipp Christoph Zeller
Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist.
Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Ph ...
in 1841.
Species
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Oxyptilus catathectes''
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Oxyptilus causodes''
Meyrick, 1905
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Oxyptilus celebratus''
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Oxyptilus chrysodactyla''
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Oxyptilus cinctipedalis''
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Oxyptilus delawaricus''
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Oxyptilus epidectis''
Meyrick, 1908
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Oxyptilus erebites''
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Oxyptilus ericetorum''
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Oxyptilus erythrodactylus''
D. S. Fletcher, 1911
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Oxyptilus idonealis''
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Oxyptilus insomnis''
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Oxyptilus mycites''
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Oxyptilus orichalcias''
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Oxyptilus parvidactyla''
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Oxyptilus pilosellae''
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Oxyptilus praedator''
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Oxyptilus regulus''
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Oxyptilus scutifer''
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Oxyptilus secutor''
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Oxyptilus variegatus''
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Oxyptilus wallecei''
Former species included in this genus are:
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Oxyptilus anthites''
Meyrick, 1936
References
Oxyptilini
Moth genera
Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller
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