Paraplatyptilia xylopsamma

Paraplatyptilia xylopsamma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Paraplatyptilia
Species:	P. xylopsamma
Binomial name
	Paraplatyptilia xylopsamma; (Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
	Platyptilia xylopsamma Meyrick, 1908; Stenoptilia schwarzi Dyar, 1903; Stenoptilia gorgoniensis Grinnell, 1908;

Paraplatyptilia xylopsamma is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in the United States in Colorado, Utah and California.

The wingspan is about 28 millimetres (1.1 in). The head is light yellow-ocherous sprinkled with whitish. The antennae are whitish-ocherous, with a dark fuscous line above. The thorax is brownish-ocherous sprinkled with whitish and the abdomen is whitish-ocherous, faintly streaked with brownish. The forewings are brownish-ocherous, slightly sprinkled with whitish, although the dorsal half is suffused with pale whitish-ocherous from the base to the cleft. The hindwings are ferruginous-fuscous.^[2]

References

^ Mothphotographersgroup
^ "Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America". Retrieved 30 June 2011. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Mothphotographersgroup

[2] "Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America". Retrieved 30 June 2011. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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