Platactis

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Platactis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Platactis
Meyrick, 1897
Species:
P. hormathota
Binomial name
Platactis hormathota
Meyrick, 1911

Platactis is a genus of moths of the family Oecophoridae of moths. There is only one species in this genus of moths: Platactis hormathotaMeyrick, 1911 that is found in the Seychelles. [1]

One fact about this species of moth is that it has a wingspan of 16-18mm. [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Platactis hormathota Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  2. Meyrick, 1911; Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 14: 287