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Platyptilia omissalis

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Species of plume moth

Platyptilia omissalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species: P. omissalis
Binomial name
Platyptilia omissalis
T. B. Fletcher, 1926
Synonyms
  • Gillmeria omissalis (T. B. Fletcher, 1926)

Platyptilia omissalis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1926. It is found in Australia from southern Queensland to Victoria, south-western Australia and Tasmania.

Some authors consider it a synonym of Sinpunctiptilia emissalis.

Adults have a weak, almost hovering flight.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Parahebe species, including Parahebe perfoliata.

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Platyptilia omissalis
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