Beardtongue Plume Moth

Paraplatyptilia fragilis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae

Paraplatyptilia fragilis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was described by Lord Walsingham from the Klamath Lakes area in northern California, and has a wide range in the Great Basin, inland montane and desert ranges from eastern British Columbia to Utah, and from New Mexico to southern California and Baja California Norte in Mexico. The wingspan is 17–19 mm.

Distribution

Beardtongue Plume Moth — (c) jimeckert49, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 4

Sources and credits

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Beardtongue Plume Moth

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