Xyloides is a monotypic moth genus in the family Carposinidae described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1954. Its single species, Xyloides lamproxylon, described by the same author in the same year, is found on New Guinea.[1][2]

Xyloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Xyloides
Diakonoff, 1954
Species:
X. lamproxylon
Binomial name
Xyloides lamproxylon
Diakonoff, 1954

References edit

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Xyloides lamproxylon​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Xyloides Diakonoff, 1954". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved October 12, 2020.