Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969
FAMILY | Pterophoridae |
SUBFAMILY | Pterophorinae |
GENUS | Xyroptila |
SPECIES | africana |
AUTHOR | Bigot, 1969 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Xyroptilia [sic] africana nova sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Democratic Republic of Congo, Province Orientale], Stanleyville [Kisangani], 20.iv.1928, leg. A. Collart. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, RMCA; Allotype ♀, RMCA. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 79(1-2):165-206. |
PAGINATION | 180, fig. 10 |
Species pictures

Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Orientale | Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 79(1-2):165-206. | 180 |
Ghana | Gielis C. 2003. World Catalogue of Insects 4. Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea. - — 4:1-198. | 44 | |
Nigeria | Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanin P. Y. 2006. The genus Xyroptila Meyrick, 1908 in the world fauna: new species, new records and taxonomical comments. - Atalanta, Würzburg 37(1-2):249-276. | 260 | |
Tanzania | ZMUC |
Host Plants
Unknown