Platyptilia celidotus

Platyptilia celidotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species: P. celidotus
Binomial name
Platyptilia celidotus
(Meyrick, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Lioptilus celidotus Meyrick, 1884

Platyptilia celidotus is a moth of the Pterophoroidea family. It is found in New Zealand and Australia.

It is easily distinguished from other Australian species by the diagonal fuscous streak at the base of the forewing cleft. The end of the streak closer to the costa is much further from the base of the wing than the end closer to the dorsum.


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