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Platyptilia thyellopa

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Platyptilia thyellopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species:
P. thyellopa
Binomial name
Platyptilia thyellopa
Meyrick, 1926

Platyptilia thyellopa is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador.

The wingspan is 22–28 mm. Adults are on wing from October to February.

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  • Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).