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Postplatyptilia aestuosa

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Postplatyptilia aestuosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Pterophoridae. 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. ^ 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).