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Platyptilia isoterma

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Species of plume moth

Platyptilia isoterma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species: P. isoterma
Binomial name
Platyptilia isoterma
Meyrick, 1909

Platyptilia isoterma is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The head is white mixed with dark reddish-fuscous. The antennae are grey with a blackish line above. The thorax is whitish irrorated (speckled) with dark reddish-fuscous and the abdomen is dark reddish-fuscous sprinkled with whitish, and mixed with blackish on the sides towards the middle. The forewings are reddish-fuscous irrorated with whitish and sprinkled with dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey, mixed with black scales on the dorsum.

References

  1. Lepidoptera of New Zealand
  2. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Platyptilia isoterma


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