Forehead without tuft. Antennae in male minutely ciliated from base to apex. Palpi moderate, ascending, slender, terminal joint moderate, pointed. Tibiae more or less thickened with scales at origin of spurs. Fore wings bifid, cleft at a little before middle ; vein II from lower angle of cell, veins III and IV stalked, veins V and VI very short, vein VII from inferior angle of cell, long, veins IX and X stalked with vein VIII, vein" IX absent. Hind wings trifid, 3rd segment with tufts of black scales in dorsal cilia ; vein II from middle of cell, veins III and IV stalked, veins V and VI very short, VII to the apex. Orthotype, Xenopterophoram ikado HORI, sp. nov. This genus is somewhat allied to PterophomcsG EOFEROY17, 62 (= Oxyptilus ZELLER), but is quite distinct from it in the absence of vein XI in the fore wings: