Postplatyptilia antillae

Postplatyptilia antillae
Scientific classification
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 Pterophoridae family. 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 Postplatyptilia genus from the Greater Antillean Islands.

References

  1. ↑ Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)
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