''Xestocasis'' is a
moth genus of the
superfamily
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Gelechioidea. It was described in the
family Heliodinidae
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and is sometimes also listed in the
Cosmopterigidae, but actually seems to belong in the
Oecophoridae (possibly in the subfamily
Stathmopodinae
Stathmopodidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.
Taxonomy and systematics
*'' Actinoscelis'' Meyrick, 1912
*'' Aeoloscelis'' Meyrick, 1897
*'' Arauzona'' Walker, 865/small>
*'' Atrijug ...
).
Species
*''
Xestocasis antirrhopa''
Diakonoff, 1955
*''
Xestocasis balanochrysa
''Xestocasis balanochrysa'' is a species of moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in Australia
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''
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
Oecophorinae
Moth genera
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