Platyptilia isoterma
Appearance
Platyptilia isoterma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Platyptilia |
Species: | P. isoterma
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Binomial name | |
Platyptilia isoterma |
Platyptilia isoterma is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in New Zealand.
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The head is white mixed with dark reddish-fuscous. The antennae are grey with a blackish line above. The thorax is whitish irrorated (speckled) with dark reddish-fuscous and the abdomen is dark reddish-fuscous sprinkled with whitish, and mixed with blackish on the sides towards the middle. The forewings are reddish-fuscous irrorated with whitish and sprinkled with dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey, mixed with black scales on the dorsum.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Lepidoptera of New Zealand
- ^ Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961
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