Paraplatyptilia xylopsamma is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in the United States in Colorado, Utah and California.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Paraplatyptilia |
| Species: | P. xylopsamma
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| Paraplatyptilia xylopsamma | |
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The wingspan is about 28 millimetres (1.1 in). The head is light yellow-ocherous sprinkled with whitish. The antennae are whitish-ocherous, with a dark fuscous line above. The thorax is brownish-ocherous sprinkled with whitish and the abdomen is whitish-ocherous, faintly streaked with brownish. The forewings are brownish-ocherous, slightly sprinkled with whitish, although the dorsal half is suffused with pale whitish-ocherous from the base to the cleft. The hindwings are ferruginous-fuscous.[2]
References edit
- ^ Mothphotographersgroup
- ^ "Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America". Retrieved 30 June 2011.
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