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Oxypteryx

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This article is about the moth genus. For the plant genus, see Asclepias.

Oxypteryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Oxypteryx

Rebel, 1911
Species:
O. jordanella
Binomial name
Oxypteryx jordanella
Rebel, 1911

Oxypteryx is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It contains only one species, Oxypteryx jordanella, which is found in Jordan[2] and Saudi Arabia.[3]

The wingspan is 23–24 mm. The forewings are brownish grey with several long and short black streaks. The hindwings are uniform brownish-grey.[4]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oxypteryx​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Oxypteryx at funet
  3. ^ Afro Moths
  4. ^ Verh. zool-bot. Ges. Wien 61: 151


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