Platypepla

Translingual

Etymology

From platy- (“flat, level”, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)) +‎ Ancient Greek πέπλος (péplos, “clothes”) +‎ -a f. Coined by English entomologist William Warren in 1900.

Proper noun

Platypepla f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain geometer moths.

See also

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