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Platyptilia vilema

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Platyptilia vilema
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species:
P. vilema
Binomial name
Platyptilia vilema
B. Landry, 1993

Platyptilia vilema is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Galápagos Islands.

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. Adults are on wing in March and April.

The larvae feed on Darwiniathamus species.

  • Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).
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