Postplatyptilia pusillus

Postplatyptilia pusillus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was described by Rodolfo Amando Philippi in 1864.

Postplatyptilia pusillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Postplatyptilia
Species:
P. pusillus
Binomial name
Postplatyptilia pusillus
(Philippi, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus pusillus Philippi, 1864

The type specimens are all lost. Philipp Christoph Zeller stated in 1877: "it is hardly possible to determine what species is involved by the description made." Cees Gielis stated in 2006: "This is however not correct, because the mentioning of: 'die Fuehler sind am Grunde blass rosenroth' [the feet are pale rose red at the bottom], gives a good characteristic."[1]

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