Biology:Apoxyptilus
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Short description: Plume moth genus
| Apoxyptilus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lepidoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Pterophoridae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Oxyptilini |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Apoxyptilus Alipanah et al., 2010 |
| Type species | |
| Apoxyptilus anthites (Meyrick, 1936)
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Apoxyptilus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae containing only three species:
- Apoxyptilus anthites (Meyrick, 1936), which is known from Kenya, South Africa , Tanzania and Uganda
- Apoxyptilus steineri Gielis, 2011 (from Madagascar)
- Apoxyptilus uzumarus Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014 (from Malawi)
Etymology
The generic name indicates that this genus not closely related to Oxyptilus.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q18201983 entry
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