Oxyptilus scutifer is a species of moth in the genus Oxyptilus known from Costa Rica and Ecuador. Moths of this species take flight in March and have a wingspan of about 11–14 millimetres (0.43–0.55 in).[1]
| Oxyptilus scutifer | |
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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. scutifer
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxyptilus scutifer Meyrick, 1930
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References
edit- ^ Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).
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