Paraplatyptilia carolina

Paraplatyptilia carolina is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by William D. Kearfott in 1907. It is found in the southeastern United States, including Florida,[2] southern Mississippi,[3] North Carolina[4] and Georgia.

Paraplatyptilia carolina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Paraplatyptilia
Species:	P. carolina
Binomial name
Paraplatyptilia carolina (Kearfott, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
Platyptilia carolina Kearfott, 1907 Stenoptilodes carolina

The wingspan is about 20–25 millimetres (0.79–0.98 in). The head, palpi, thorax and forewings are clay yellow. The forewing is minutely dotted with a darker shade and the costa from inner third to outer fourth is dusted with blackish scales. There is a dark brown dot below the costa and another on the lower lobe just within and below the inner end of the cleft. There is a similar spot on the apex of the second lobe. The hindwings are the same color as the forewings but with a faint pinkish tinge, with brownish lines before the cilia and a tiny black dot near the outer end of the cilia of the third lobe. The body is shaded with brown posteriorly and on the sides, with a few whitish scales in the lateral tufts. The legs are bleached straw color, dusted with brown.