Platyptilia charadrias

Platyptilia charadrias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species: P. charadrias
Binomial name
Platyptilia charadrias
(Meyrick, 1884)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mimaeseoptilus charadrias Meyrick, 1884
  • Stenoptilia charadrias Meyrick, 1885

Platyptilia charadrias is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand, where it is known from the high mountains of the South Island's main divide.

The larvae possibly feed on Cassinia species.

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