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Postplatyptilia antillae

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Postplatyptilia antillae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Postplatyptilia
Species:
P. antillae
Binomial name
Postplatyptilia antillae
Gielis, 2006

Postplatyptilia antillae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Cuba and Jamaica.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. Adults are on wing in July.

Etymology

The name reflects the origin of the species, being the first to be recorded in the genus Postplatyptilia from the Greater Antillean Islands.

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).