Postplatyptilia huigraica

Postplatyptilia huigraica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Postplatyptilia
Species: P. huigraica
Binomial name
Postplatyptilia huigraica
B. Landry & Gielis, 1992

Postplatyptilia huigraica is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.[1]

The wingspan is 14-15 mm. Adults are on wing in February, June, August, and from October to December.

Etymology

The name of this new species is derived from the name of the type locality.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)
  2. ↑ A synopsis of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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