Platytes platysticha

Platytes platysticha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Platytes
Species: P. platysticha
Binomial name
Platytes platysticha
Turner, 1939

Platytes platysticha is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Turner in 1939. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.[1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish with fuscous longitudinal streaks. The hindwings are whitish.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. A second revision of the Lepidoptera of Tasmania


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