Scytalopteryx

{{Short description|Monotypic moth genus in family Drepanidae}}

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Lepidoptera

| familia = Drepanidae

| subfamilia = Drepaninae

| genus = Scytalopteryx

| genus_authority = Ritsema, 1890

| species = S. elongata

| binomial = Scytalopteryx elongata

| binomial_authority = (Snellen, 1889)

| synonyms =

• Phyllopteryx Snellen, 1889 (preocc. Swainson, 1839)
• Phyllopteryx elongata Snellen, 1889

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Scytalopteryx is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae first described by Ritsema in 1889.{{LepIndex |id=84615 |name=Phyllopteryx elongata}} It contains the species Scytalopteryx elongata, described by Snellen in 1889, which is found in Sundaland.

The larvae feed on Cocos, Elaeis, Coffea and Lablab species.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/scytalopteryx/ |title=Scytalopteryx Ritsema, 1890 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 13, 2018}}