Biology:Xestocasis

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Short description: Genus of moths

Xestocasis
Xestocasis balanochrysa.jpg
Xestocasis balanochrysa
Scientific classification
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Oecophoridae (see text)
Genus:
Xestocasis

Meyrick, 1914

Xestocasis is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It was described in the family Heliodinidae and is sometimes also listed in the Cosmopterigidae, but actually seems to belong in the Oecophoridae (possibly in the subfamily Stathmopodinae).

Species

Former species

  • Xestocasis crocodelta Meyrick, 1915

Wikidata ☰ Q8043952 entry