Xestocasis

Xestocasis is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It was described in the family Heliodinidae and is sometimes also listed in the Cosmopterigidae, but actually seems to belong in the Oecophoridae (possibly in the subfamily Stathmopodinae).

Species

• Xestocasis antirrhopa Diakonoff, 1955
• Xestocasis balanochrysa Meyrick, 1915
• Xestocasis colometra Meyrick, 1915
• Xestocasis erymnota Meyrick, 1917
• Xestocasis hololampra Meyrick, 1915
• Xestocasis iostrota (Meyrick, 1910)
• Xestocasis lauta (Meyrick, 1921)
• Xestocasis tetraconcha Meyrick, 1917

Former species

• Xestocasis crocodelta Meyrick, 1915

Xestocasis é um gênero de mariposa pertencente à família Acrolepiidae.^[1]

Referências

Bibliografia

• Gaedike R. (1969). Contribution for the knowledge of the Acrolepiidae Fauna of the Balkan Peninsula
• Carter, D. (1984). Pest Lepidoptera of Europe. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Boston.