Oxyptilus praedator
Oxyptilus praedator is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Indian part of the Himalayas.[1]
| Oxyptilus praedator | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Oxyptilus |
| Species: | O. praedator |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxyptilus praedator Meyrick, 1910 | |
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The wingspan is about 12 millimetres (0.47 in). The head and thorax are dark fuscous, but the metathorax and undersurface are white. The abdomen is dark fuscous, but white beneath, except towards the apex. The forewings are bronzy-blackish with some very undefined light suffusion towards the base of the first segment, and a faint whitish-fuscous subterminal line on both segments. The hindwings are blackish.[2]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oxyptilus praedator". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- "Descriptions of Indian Micro-lepidoptera". Archive.org. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
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