Platyptilia johnstoni

Platyptilia johnstoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Platyptilia
Species: P. johnstoni
Binomial name
Platyptilia johnstoni
Lange, 1940
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia tshukotka Ustjuzhanin, 1996

Platyptilia johnstoni is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Russia[1] and Alaska in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is 19–24 mm. Males have uniform gray and brown forewings, while females have an oblique dash on the first lobe.

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