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'''''Platyptilia cacaliae''''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Pterophoridae]]. It was described by [[Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher]] in 1920 and it is found in [[India]].<ref>{{LepIndex |id=1003 |accessdate=May 12, 2018}}</ref><br />
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The head is greyish fuscous and the antennae are greyish, obscurely ringed with fuscous. The thorax is greyish fuscous and the legs are whitish. The abdomen is greyish, irrorated (speckled) with fuscous. The forewings are brownish grey irrorated with white and reddish brown. The hindwings are fuscous grey, irrorated with fuscous brown.<br />
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Adults have been found flying over flowers of ''[[Cacalia coccinea]]''. The larvae and pupae were found in the flower-heads.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/lifehistoriesofi00flet/lifehistoriesofi00flet_djvu.txt Life-histories of Indian Insects: Microlepidoptera] {{PD-notice}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Moths described in 1920]]<br />
[[Category:Platyptilia|cacaliae]]<br />
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[[Category:Moths of Asia]]<br />
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