Paraplatyptilia auriga
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Paraplatyptilia auriga | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Paraplatyptilia |
Species: | P. auriga
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Binomial name | |
Paraplatyptilia auriga | |
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Paraplatyptilia auriga is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in eastern North America, including Florida,[2] Mississippi,[3] and New Jersey.
The wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in).
The larvae feed on Gerardia species and various Asteraceae species.
References
[edit]- ^ "460030.00 – 6127 – Paraplatyptilia auriga – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ "Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida" (PDF). Plume Moth. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
- ^ Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2). Plume Moth: 50–55.