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
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