Platyptilia locharcha

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Platyptilia locharcha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species:
P. locharcha
Binomial name
Platyptilia locharcha
Meyrick, 1924 [1]

Platyptilia locharcha is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Zimbabwe.

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2012). "Platyptilia locharcha Meyrick, 1924". Afromoths. Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved July 7, 2018. Archived from the original May 14, 2012