Biology:Postplatyptilia aestuosa
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Short description: Species of plume moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Postplatyptilia |
| Species: | P. aestuosa
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| Postplatyptilia aestuosa (Meyrick, 1916)
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Postplatyptilia aestuosa is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Argentina , Bolivia, Chile , Ecuador and Peru.[1]
The wingspan is 17–21 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October.
The larvae feed on Oxalis tuberosa.
References
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- ↑ Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 80-2 (1). http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/41270.
Wikidata ☰ Q7234439 entry
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