Platactis

Platactis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Platactis
Meyrick, 1897
Species: P. hormathota
Binomial name
Platactis hormathota
Meyrick, 1911

Platactis is a genus of moths of the Oecophoridae family. There is only one species in this genus: Platactis hormathota Meyrick, 1911 that is found in the Seychelles.[1]

This species has a wingspan of 16-18mm.[2]

References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net (13.Dec.2014)
  2. ↑ Meyrick, 1911; Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 14: 287
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