Platyptilia
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Platyptilia is a genus of moth
in the Pterophoridae family.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the Pterophoridae family.
Species
- Platyptilia aarvikiPlatyptilia aarvikiPlatyptilia aarviki is a moth of the family Pterophoroidea. It is found in Kenia. The species is named after Leif Aarvik, in honour of his thorough work on the "Microlepidoptera" of Tanzania.The wingspan is ca. 33 mm. The moth flies in November....
Gielis, 2008 - Platyptilia ainonisPlatyptilia ainonisPlatyptilia ainonis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Japan , Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.The length of the forewings is 10-12 mm.The larvae probably feed on Anaphalis margaritacea....
Matsumura, 1931 - Platyptilia albicansPlatyptilia albicansPlatyptilia albicans is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America ....
(Fish, 1881) - Platyptilia albifimbriataPlatyptilia albifimbriataPlatyptilia albifimbriata is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Yemen and China.The wingspan is about 17 mm....
Arenberger, 2002 - Platyptilia amphiloga Meyrick, 1909
- Platyptilia annieiPlatyptilia annieiPlatyptilia anniei is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.The wingspan is 19-24 mm. Adults are on wing in September, October, December, February, May and June.-External links:*...
Gielis, 1997 - Platyptilia arduaPlatyptilia arduaPlatyptilia ardua is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America, including Washington and British Columbia....
McDunnough, 1927 - Platyptilia barbaraePlatyptilia barbaraePlatyptilia barbarae is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from South Africa....
Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2010 - Platyptilia benitensisPlatyptilia benitensisPlatyptilia benitensis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Equatorial Guinea.The larvae feed on Uncaria rhynchophylla....
Strand, 1913 - Platyptilia bowkeriPlatyptilia bowkeriPlatyptilia bowkeri is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Lesotho....
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2011 - Platyptilia cacaliaePlatyptilia cacaliaePlatyptilia cacaliae is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in India.The head is greyish-fuscous and the antennae are greyish, obscurely ringed with fuscous. The thorax is greyish-fuscous and the legs are whitish. The abdomen is greyish, irrorated with fuscous. The forewings are...
- Platyptilia calamicolaPlatyptilia calamicolaPlatyptilia calamicola is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Indonesia ....
- Platyptilia calodactylaPlatyptilia calodactylaPlatyptilia calodactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine and Greece. It has also been recorded from Iran.The wingspan is 18-25 mm...
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) - Platyptilia campsipteraPlatyptilia campsipteraPlatyptilia campsiptera is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is about 17 mm. The head and thorax are yellowish-white and the abdomen is pale whitish-yellow. The forewings are whitish, tinged with pale yellow. The hindwings are reddish-fuscous....
Meyrick, 1907 - Platyptilia carduidactylaPlatyptilia carduidactylaThe Artichoke Plume Moth is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, from Mexico north into the United States....
(Riley, 1869) - Platyptilia celidotusPlatyptilia celidotusPlatyptilia 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...
(Meyrick, 1885) - Platyptilia censoriaPlatyptilia censoriaPlatyptilia censoria is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Mauritius....
Meyrick, 1910 - Platyptilia charadriasPlatyptilia charadriasPlatyptilia 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....
(Meyrick, 1884) - Platyptilia citropleuraPlatyptilia citropleuraPlatyptilia citropleura is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Taiwan, India and Sri Lanka.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...
Meyrick, 1907 - Platyptilia chondrodactylaPlatyptilia chondrodactylaPlatyptilia chondrodactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Turkey....
- Platyptilia chosokeiellaPlatyptilia chosokeiellaPlatyptilia chosokeiella is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in central Vietnam, Taiwan and Cambodia....
- Platyptilia claripictaPlatyptilia claripictaPlatyptilia claripicta is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Seychelles....
Fletcher, 1910 - Platyptilia comorensisPlatyptilia comorensisPlatyptilia comorensis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Comoros....
Gibeaux, 1994 - Platyptilia comstockiPlatyptilia comstockiPlatyptilia comstocki is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found from Yukon to New Brunswick and south to Arizona and California. The habitat consists of boreal forest....
Lange, 1939 - Platyptilia corniculata Meyrick, 1913
- Platyptilia cretalisPlatyptilia cretalisPlatyptilia cretalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in the Honshu, Kyushu and Tsushima islands of Japan.The length of the forewings is 9-12 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September....
Meyrick, 1908 - Platyptilia daemonicaPlatyptilia daemonicaPlatyptilia daemonica is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Ethiopia....
Meyrick, 1932 - Platyptilia davisiPlatyptilia davisiPlatyptilia davisi is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Chile.The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are on wing in January.-External links:*...
Gielis, 1991 - Platyptilia dimorpha Fletcher, 1910
- Platyptilia dschambiyaPlatyptilia dschambiyaPlatyptilia dschambiya is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Yemen and China.The wingspan is about 23 mm....
Arenberger, 1999 - Platyptilia duneraensisPlatyptilia duneraensisPlatyptilia duneraensis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in India....
Rose and Pooni, 2003 - Platyptilia emissalis (Walker, 1864)
- Platyptilia empedota Meyrick, 1908
- Platyptilia euctimena Turner, 1913
- Platyptilia euridactylaPlatyptilia euridactylaPlatyptilia euridactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Russia and China ....
- Platyptilia exaltatusPlatyptilia exaltatusPlatyptilia exaltatus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in India....
- Platyptilia farfarellusPlatyptilia farfarellusPlatyptilia farfarellus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found from central and southern Europe to Asia Minor, Micronesia and Japan...
Zeller, 1867 - Platyptilia fulvaPlatyptilia fulvaPlatyptilia fulva is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from La Réunion, Madagascar and Mauritius.The larvae feed on Cosmos species and Emilia citrina....
Bigot, 1964 - Platyptilia gandakiPlatyptilia gandakiPlatyptilia gandaki is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in China.The wingspan is 21-22 mm....
Gielis, 1999 - Platyptilia gentiliaePlatyptilia gentiliaePlatyptilia gentiliae is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Argentina and Chile.The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults are on wing in October and January.-External links:*...
Gielis, 1991 - Platyptilia gondarensisPlatyptilia gondarensisPlatyptilia gondarensis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Ethiopia....
Gibeaux, 1994 - Platyptilia gonodactylaPlatyptilia gonodactylaPlatyptilia gonodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoroidea. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.The wingspan is 22–28 mm. The moth flies from May to October depending on the location....
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) - Platyptilia graviorPlatyptilia graviorPlatyptilia gravior is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Costa Rica.The wingspan is 24-28 mm. Adults are on wing in April, May and June.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1932 - Platyptilia griseaPlatyptilia griseaPlatyptilia grisea is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Madagascar....
Gibeaux, 1994 - Platyptilia hokowhitalisPlatyptilia hokowhitalisPlatyptilia hokowhitalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand, including the North Island....
Hudson, 1939 - Platyptilia humidaPlatyptilia humidaPlatyptilia humida is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Kenya....
Meyrick, 1920 - Platyptilia ibericaPlatyptilia ibericaPlatyptilia iberica is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in the Pyrenees in Spain.The wingspan 21-23 mm.The larvae possibly feed on Senecio species....
Rebel, 1935 - Platyptilia igniferaPlatyptilia igniferaPlatyptilia ignifera is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Japan and India.The length of the forewings is 9–10 mm.The larvae feed on the fruit of Vitis vinifera.-External links:**...
Meyrick, 1908 - Platyptilia implacataPlatyptilia implacataPlatyptilia implacata is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Ethiopia....
Meyrick, 1932 - Platyptilia infestaPlatyptilia infestaPlatyptilia infesta is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from São Tomé and Principe....
Meyrick, 1934 - Platyptilia interpresPlatyptilia interpresPlatyptilia interpres is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Uganda....
Meyrick, 1922 - Platyptilia isocratesPlatyptilia isocratesPlatyptilia isocrates is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in India ....
- Platyptilia isodactylusPlatyptilia isodactylusThe Ragwort Plume Moth or Ragwort Crown-Boring Plume Moth is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is native to central Europe, Mediterranean North Africa and southern Europe. It has also been recorded from China.. It has been introduced in Australia as a biological control agent for Ragwort.The...
(Zeller, 1852) - Platyptilia isotermaPlatyptilia isotermaPlatyptilia isoterma is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is about 18 mm. The head is white mixed with dark reddish-fuscous. The antennae are grey with a blackish line above...
Meyrick, 1909 - Platyptilia johnstoniPlatyptilia johnstoniPlatyptilia johnstoni is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Russia and Alaska.The wingspan is 19-24 mm. Males have uniform gray and brown forewings, while females have an oblique dash on the first lobe....
Lange, 1940 - Platyptilia kozanicaPlatyptilia kozanicaPlatyptilia kozanica is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Turkey.The wingspan is about 21 mm. Adults are on wing in May.-External links:*...
Fazekas, 2003 - Platyptilia locharchaPlatyptilia locharchaPlatyptilia locharcha is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Zimbabwe....
Meyrick, 1924 - Platyptilia longalisPlatyptilia longalisPlatyptilia longalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from South Africa....
(Walker, 1864) - Platyptilia longilobaPlatyptilia longilobaPlatyptilia longiloba is a moth of the Pterophoridae family....
- Platyptilia lusiPlatyptilia lusiPlatyptilia lusi is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Russia ....
- Platyptilia maligna Meyrick, 1913
- Platyptilia melitroctisPlatyptilia melitroctisPlatyptilia melitroctis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Uganda....
Meyrick, 1924 - Platyptilia molopiasPlatyptilia molopiasPlatyptilia molopias is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It has a very wide distribution in the Old World tropics, ranging from Africa through India and Sri Lanka, east to Indonesia. It is also found in the Philippines on Luzon, Mindoro, Negros and Mindanao.The wingspan is about 15 mm.The larvae...
Meyrick, 1906 - Platyptilia montanaPlatyptilia montanaPlatyptilia montana is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Japan .The length of the forewings is 10-11 mm.-External links:**...
Yano, 1963 - Platyptilia morophaeaPlatyptilia morophaeaPlatyptilia morophaea is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Ethiopia and Kenya....
Meyrick, 1920 - Platyptilia namingaPlatyptilia namingaPlatyptilia naminga is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Russia ....
- Platyptilia nemoralisPlatyptilia nemoralisPlatyptilia nemoralis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found from Europe, through Russia to Japan.The wingspan is 26-30 mm. Adults are on wing from early July to late August in western Europe. There is one generation per year....
Zeller, 1841 - Platyptilia odiosaPlatyptilia odiosaPlatyptilia odiosa is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from South Africa....
Meyrick, 1924 - Platyptilia omissalisPlatyptilia omissalisPlatyptilia omissalis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found from southern Queensland to Victoria, south-western Australia and Tasmania.Some authors consider it a synonym of Sinpunctiptilia emissalis....
Fletcher, 1926 - Platyptilia oniasPlatyptilia oniasPlatyptilia onias is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Peru.The wingspan is about 18 mm. Adults are on wing in August.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1916 - Platyptilia patriarcha Meyrick, 1912
- Platyptilia paulianiPlatyptilia paulianiPlatyptilia pauliani is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Madagascar.The larvae feed on Calendula species and Emilia citrina....
Gibeaux, 1994 - Platyptilia percnodactyla (Walsingham, 1880)
- Platyptilia periactaPlatyptilia periactaPlatyptilia periacta is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from South Africa....
Meyrick, 1910 - Platyptilia peyrierasiPlatyptilia peyrierasiPlatyptilia peyrierasi is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Madagascar....
Gibeaux, 1994 - Platyptilia pictaPlatyptilia pictaPlatyptilia picta is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Kenya....
Meyrick, 1913 - Platyptilia postbarbataPlatyptilia postbarbataPlatyptilia postbarbata is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo....
Meyrick, 1938 - Platyptilia profundaPlatyptilia profundaPlatyptilia profunda is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Japan .The length of the forewings is 11-14 mm.The larvae feed on Senecio nemorensis.-External links:**...
Yano, 1963 - Platyptilia pseudofulvaPlatyptilia pseudofulvaPlatyptilia pseudofulva is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Madagascar....
Gibeaux, 1994 - Platyptilia pulverulentaPlatyptilia pulverulentaPlatyptilia pulverulenta is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.The wingspan is about 23 mm. The head is whitish and the antennae are reddish-brown mixed with whitish. The thorax is reddish-brown densely mixed with white and the abdomen is greyish-brown. The forewings are...
Philpott, 1923 - Platyptilia pygmaeanaPlatyptilia pygmaeanaPlatyptilia pygmaeana is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Equatorial Guinea....
Strand, 1913 - Platyptilia resolutaPlatyptilia resolutaPlatyptilia resoluta is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in China ....
- Platyptilia rhyncholobaPlatyptilia rhyncholobaPlatyptilia rhyncholoba is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda....
Meyrick, 1924 - Platyptilia sabiusPlatyptilia sabiusPlatyptilia sabius is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa and Tanzania....
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) - Platyptilia sciophaeaPlatyptilia sciophaeaPlatyptilia sciophaea is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Kenya....
Meyrick, 1920 - Platyptilia semnocharis Meyrick, 1932
- Platyptilia semnopisPlatyptilia semnopisPlatyptilia semnopis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Brazil.The wingspan is about 24 mm. Adults are on wing in January, February, May, July, September, October and December.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1931 - Platyptilia sochivkoiPlatyptilia sochivkoiPlatyptilia sochivkoi is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Lesotho....
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2011 - Platyptilia sogaiPlatyptilia sogaiPlatyptilia sogai is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Madagascar....
Gibeaux, 1994 - Platyptilia spiculaPlatyptilia spiculaPlatyptilia spicula is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Surinam.The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are on wing in May.-External links:*...
Gielis, 2006 - Platyptilia stenoptiloides
- Platyptilia strictiformisPlatyptilia strictiformisPlatyptilia strictiformis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Uganda....
Meyrick, 1932 - Platyptilia suigensisPlatyptilia suigensisPlatyptilia suigensis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Japan and Korea....
- Platyptilia superscandensPlatyptilia superscandensPlatyptilia superscandens is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in India....
- Platyptilia tesseradactylaPlatyptilia tesseradactylaPlatyptilia tesseradactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in northern and central Europe, east to Russia. In Norway it is found up to 70° northern latitude. It is also found in the United States and Canada and has also been recorded from Iran.The wingspan is 17-20 mm...
(Linnaeus, 1761) - Platyptilia thiosomaPlatyptilia thiosomaPlatyptilia thiosoma is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Kenya....
Meyrick, 1920 - Platyptilia thyellopaPlatyptilia thyellopaPlatyptilia thyellopa is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador.The wingspan is 22-28 mm. Adults are on wing from October to February.-External links:*...
Meyrick, 1926 - Platyptilia toxochordaPlatyptilia toxochordaPlatyptilia toxochorda is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from São Tomé and Principe....
Meyrick, 1934 - Platyptilia triphractaPlatyptilia triphractaPlatyptilia triphracta is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in India....
- Platyptilia ussuriensisPlatyptilia ussuriensisPlatyptilia ussuriensis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Russia ....
- Platyptilia vilemaPlatyptilia vilemaPlatyptilia vilema is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Galápagos Islands.The wingspan is 16-21 mm. Adults are on wing in March and April.The larvae feed on Darwiniathamus species.-External links:*...
B. Landry, 1993 - Platyptilia vinsoniPlatyptilia vinsoniPlatyptilia vinsoni is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Mauritius....
Gibeaux, 1994 - Platyptilia violaceaPlatyptilia violaceaPlatyptilia violacea is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Madagascar....
Gibeaux, 1994 - Platyptilia washburnensisPlatyptilia washburnensisPlatyptilia washburnensis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America....
McDunnough, 1929 - Platyptilia williamsiiPlatyptilia williamsiiThe Calendula Plume Moth is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from western North America, including California.The head and thorax have mixed ochreous-brown and whitish scales. The antennae are brown dotted above...
Grinnell, 1908