Postplatyptilia ugartei

Postplatyptilia ugartei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Postplatyptilia
Species: P. ugartei
Binomial name
Postplatyptilia ugartei
Gielis, 1991

Postplatyptilia ugartei is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Chile.[1]

The wingspan is 19-21 mm. Adults are on wing in January.

Etymology

The species is named after its collector, Ing. Alfredo Ugarte Peña, who is very active in the research of the fauna of Chile.

References

  1. ↑ Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)
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