| Paraplatyptilia fragilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Paraplatyptilia |
| Species: | P. fragilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraplatyptilia fragilis (Walsingham, 1880) |
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Paraplatyptilia fragilis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It was described 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.[1]
The wingspan is 17-19 mm. Adults are on wing in April.
The larvae feed on Pentstemon cyananthus. They feed within the seed-capsules of their host plant. When full-grown, the larva leaves the capsula through a circular hole.[2]