Paraplatyptilia carolina
| Paraplatyptilia carolina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Paraplatyptilia |
| Species: | P. carolina |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraplatyptilia carolina (Kearfott, 1907)[1] | |
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Paraplatyptilia carolina is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in the south-eastern United States, including Florida,[2] southern Mississippi,[3] North Carolina[4] and Georgia.
The wingspan is about 20–25 millimetres (0.79–0.98 in). The head, palpi, thorax and forewings are clay yellow. The forewing is minutely dotted with a darker shade and the costa from inner third to outer fourth is dusted with blackish scales. There is a dark brown dot below the costa and another on the lower lobe just within and below the inner end of the cleft. There is a similar spot on the apex of the second lobe. The hindwings are the same color as the forewings but with a faint pinkish tinge, with brownish lines before the cilia and a tiny black dot near the outer end of the cilia of the third lobe. The body is shaded with brown posteriorly and on the sides, with a few whitish scales in the lateral tufts. The legs are bleached straw color, dusted with brown.