Biology:Xyroptila vaughani

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Xyroptila vaughani
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Wikidata ☰ Q8045615 entry