Platyptilia ainonis

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Platyptilia ainonis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species:
P. ainonis
Binomial name
Platyptilia ainonis
Matsumura, 1931

Platyptilia ainonis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), [1] Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. [2]

Description

The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm. [3]

The larvae probably feed on Anaphalis margaritacea .

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