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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Oecophorinae |
| Genus: | Platactis Meyrick, 1897 |
| Species: | P. hormathota
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| Binomial name | |
| Platactis hormathota Meyrick, 1911
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One fact about this species of moth is that it has a wingspan of 16-18mm.[2]
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Platactis hormathota Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
- ^ Meyrick, 1911; Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 14: 287
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