Oxypteryx

This article is about the moth genus. For the plant genus, see Asclepias.

Oxypteryx is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.^[1] It contains only one species, Oxypteryx jordanella, which is found in Jordan^[2] and Saudi Arabia.^[3]

Oxypteryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Subfamily:	Dichomeridinae
Genus:	Oxypteryx Rebel, 1911
Species:	O. jordanella
Binomial name
Oxypteryx jordanella Rebel, 1911

The wingspan is 23–24 mm. The forewings are brownish grey with several long and short black streaks. The hindwings are uniform brownish-grey.^[4]