Oxyptilus insomnis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Kenya.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Oxyptilus |
| Species: | O. insomnis
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxyptilus insomnis (Townsend, 1956)[1]
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The larvae feed on Tinnea aethiopica.
References
edit- ^ Archived May 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Archived from the original May 14, 2012.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Procapperia insomnis (Townsend, 1956)". Afromoths. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
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