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Platyptilia isoterma

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Platyptilia isoterma is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The head is white mixed with dark reddish-fuscous. The antennae are grey with a blackish line above. The thorax is whitish irrorated (speckled) with dark reddish-fuscous and the abdomen is dark reddish-fuscous sprinkled with whitish, and mixed with blackish on the sides towards the middle. The forewings are reddish-fuscous irrorated with whitish and sprinkled with dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey, mixed with black scales on the dorsum.

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Platyptilia isoterma Wikipedia


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