Paraplatyptilia albidorsellus

Paraplatyptilia albidorsellus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America (including California, Alberta and British Columbia).

Paraplatyptilia albidorsellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Paraplatyptilia
Species:	P. albidorsellus
Binomial name
Paraplatyptilia albidorsellus (Walsingham, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
Platyptilus albidorsellus Walsingham, 1880 Paraplatyptilia albidorsella Platyptilus albidorsella

The wingspan is about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). The head and thorax are white, with a few scattered fuscous scales. The legs are whitish tinged with cinereous and the feet and spurs are paler. The forewings are white, thickly sprinkled with brown, forming a widening streak from the base of the wing to the triangular patch, beyond which it is paler and crossed by a white costal patch and a white line near the outer margin and parallel to it. The fringes are ashy, with a brown line at the base. The hindwings are white, thickly dusted with brown. The fringes are paler brown and much paler at the base.^[2]