Paraplatyptilia dugobae

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Paraplatyptilia dugobae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Paraplatyptilia
Species:
P. dugobae
Binomial name
Paraplatyptilia dugobae
Gibeaux, 1997

Paraplatyptilia dugobae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. [1]

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References

  1. Ustjuzhanin, P.Ya.; Kovtunovich, V.N. (25 November 2018). "The Pterophoridae fauna of Uzbekistan (Lepidoptera; Pterophoridae)". Ukrainian Journal of Ecology. 8 (4): 489–491.