Postplatyptilia aestuosa

Postplatyptilia aestuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Postplatyptilia
Species: P. aestuosa
Binomial name
Postplatyptilia aestuosa
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia aestuosa Meyrick, 1916

Postplatyptilia aestuosa is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 17-21 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October.

The larvae feed on Oxalis tuberosa.

References

  1. ↑ Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)
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