Xystophora Explained

Xystophora is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.

Species

• Xystophora asthenodes (Meyrick, 1923)
• Xystophora carchariella (Zeller, 1839)
• Xystophora chengchengenis Li & Zheng, 1998
• Xystophora defixa (Meyrick, 1929)
• Xystophora ingentidentalis Li & Zheng, 1998
• Xystophora kostjuki Bidzilya, 2000
• Xystophora mongolica Emelyanov & Piskunov, 1982
• Xystophora novipsammitella Li & Zheng, 1998
• Xystophora parvisaccula Li & Zheng, 1998
• Xystophora psammitella (Snellen, 1884)
• Xystophora pulveratella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1854)

Selected former species

• Xystophora rufulella Snellen, 1884

References

• , 2000: New records of gelechiid moths from the Southern Siberia with description of three new species. Beiträge zur Entomologie 50 (2): 385-395.
• , 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: descriptions of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 2366: 1-34. Abstract: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02366p034f.pdf].