Platyptilia citropleura

Platyptilia citropleura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species: P. citropleura
Binomial name
Platyptilia citropleura
Meyrick, 1908

Platyptilia citropleura is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Taiwan, India and Sri Lanka.[1]

The larvae feed on Begonia species. They feed inside the seed-capsules of their host plant. Full-grown larvae have a pale yellow head without any markings. The other segments are creamy-yellow or pale greenish-yellow with a narrow pale ferruginous median line and a broader pale ferruginous lateral line. Pupation takes place in a dull pale yellow pupa. It is attached to the outside of a seed-capsule of the host plant.[2]

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