Platyptilia rubriacuta

Platyptilia rubriacuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Platyptilia
Species:	P. rubriacuta
Binomial name
	Platyptilia rubriacuta; Gielis, 2009

Last updated May 02, 2019

Platyptilia rubriacuta is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Haut-Katanga District of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[1]

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

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References

↑ On a collection of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) from Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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[1] On a collection of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) from Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo