''Paraplatyptilia watkinsi'' is a
moth of the family
Pterophoridae. It is found in
North America
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, including the type location Burnett County,
Wisconsin. It has also been recorded from
Vermont.
''Paraplatyptilia watkinsi'' and ''
Paraplatyptilia sabourini
''Paraplatyptilia sabourini'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the nort ...
'' are
cryptic species
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...
differentiated by diagnostic character in
female genitalia
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.
References
Moths described in 2008
watkinsi
Endemic insects of the United States
Moths of North America
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