Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969

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Higher taxa:	Pterophoridae (family)/  Pterophorinae (subfamily)/  Platyptiliini (tribe)/  Xyroptila (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Bigot, 1969
Citation:	Xyroptilia [sic] africana nova sp.
Original genus:	Xyroptila
Publication:	Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren.
Journal:	Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines
Volume:	79
Issue:	1–2
Pagination:	180, fig. 10

Xyroptila africana (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969	Holotype	♂	RMCA	Holotype ♂, RMCA	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo, Province Orientale], Stanleyville [Kisangani], 20.iv.1928, leg. A. Collart.
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969	Allotype	♀	RMCA	Allotype ♀, RMCA.	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	[Democratic Republic of Congo, Province Orientale], Stanleyville [Kisangani], 20.iv.1928, leg. A. Collart.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Bigot L. 1969. Les Lépidoptères Pterophoridae du musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, à Tervuren. page 180
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969	Ghana		Gielis C. 2003. World Catalogue of Insects 4. Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea. page 44
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969	Nigeria		Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanin P. Y. 2006. The genus Xyroptila Meyrick, 1908 in the world fauna: new species, new records and taxonomical comments. page 260
Xyroptila africana Bigot, 1969	Tanzania		page ZMUC

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Xyroptila africana (1)

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