Xyrosaris

Xyrosaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Subfamily: Yponomeutinae
Genus: Xyrosaris
Meyrick, 1907
Type species
Xyrosaris dryopa Meyrick, 1907
Species

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Xyrosaris is a genus of moths of the Yponomeutidae family.[1][2]

This genus is allied to Zelleria but distinct by the long antennae, peculiar palpi and scale-tufts of forewings.[3]

Species

  1. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (eds.). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex).
  2. NCBI taxonomy database. ID: 263936. [accessed 15-09-2009]
  3. Meyrick, E. 1907. Descriptions of Australasian Micro-lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 47-150: p.71
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