Paraplatyptilia immaculata

Paraplatyptilia immaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Paraplatyptilia
Species: P. immaculata
Binomial name
Paraplatyptilia immaculata
(McDunnough, 1939)[1]
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia immaculata McDunnough, 1939

Paraplatyptilia immaculata is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is found in North America, including California.

The wingspan is about 27 millimetres (1.1 in). The forewings are light creamy-white, tinged with smoky along the costa from the base to the cleft. There is a very faint smoky dot below the base of the cleft on the second lobe. The hindwings are pale brownish.[2]

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