Platactis

Platactis is a genus of moths of the family Oecophoridae of moths. There is only one species in this genus of moths: Platactis hormathota Meyrick, 1911 that is found in the Seychelles.[1]

Platactis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Subfamily:
Oecophorinae
Genus:
Platactis

Meyrick, 1897
Species:
P. hormathota
Binomial name
Platactis hormathota
Meyrick, 1911

One fact about this species of moth is that it has a wingspan of 16-18mm.[2]

References
  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Platactis hormathota Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  2. Meyrick, 1911; Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 14: 287


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