Platyptilia ainonis

Platyptilia ainonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species: P. ainonis
Binomial name
Platyptilia ainonis
Matsumura, 1931

Platyptilia ainonis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu),[1] Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.[2]

The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm.[3]

The larvae probably feed on Anaphalis margaritacea.

References

  1. ↑ Taxonomic And Biological Studies Of Pterophoridae Of Japan (Lepidoptera)
  2. ↑ Pterophoridae aus Zentralasien und angrenzenden Territorien.- 4. Teil, mit der Beschreibung von Agdistis tigrovaja sp.n. (Lepidoptera)
  3. ↑ Japanese Moths
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