Platyptilia campsiptera

Platyptilia campsiptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species: P. campsiptera
Binomial name
Platyptilia campsiptera
Meyrick, 1907[1]

Platyptilia 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.[2]

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