Paraplatyptilia edwardsii

Paraplatyptilia edwardsii is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America (including Maine, Massachusetts and eastern Canada).

Paraplatyptilia edwardsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Paraplatyptilia
Species:	P. edwardsii
Binomial name
Paraplatyptilia edwardsii (Fish, 1881)[1]
Synonyms
Platyptilus edwardsi Fish, 1881 Paraplatyptilia edwardsi Platyptilia edwardsii

The wingspan is 22–27 mm. The head and thorax are ochreous brown. The abdomen is ochreous and slender and the legs are ochreous brown. The forewings are reddish brown, but darker on the costa. There is a dark brown triangular costal spot, bordered on the outside by whitish scales. A small brown spot occurs near the hind margin at the basal fourth, another near the costa at the basal third, and a transverse white line at the apical third of the lobe. The fringes are whitish, with a patch of dark scales before and another just behind the apex of the costal triangle. The hind wings are reddish brown and the fringes brown, but whitish at the base of the hind margin. There is a small patch of dark scales just before the apex.[2]

References

1. mothphotographersgroup
2. The pterophoridae of North America