Paraplatyptilia xylopsamma is a moth

Moth

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 of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Colorado

Colorado

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, Utah

Utah

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 and California

California

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.

The wingspan

Wingspan

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is about 28 mm. The head is light yellow-ochreous sprinkled with whitish. The antennae are whitish-ochreous, with a dark fuscous line above. The thorax is brownish-ochreous sprinkled with whitish and the abdomen is whitish-ochreous, faintly streaked with brownish. The forewings are brownish-ochreous, slightly sprinkled with whitish, although the dorsal half is suffused with pale whitish-ochreous from the base to the cleft . The hindwings are ferruginous-fuscous.