Xyroptila vaughani is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1909. It is found in Sri Lanka[1] and India.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Xyroptila |
| Species: | X. vaughani
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| Xyroptila vaughani (T. B. Fletcher, 1909)
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The larvae probably feed on the fruit of Dimorphocalyx glabellus.[2]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oxyptilus vaughani". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ Life-histories of Indian Insects: Microlepidoptera
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