Platymacha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae. Its only species, Platymacha anthochroa, is found on New Guinea. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1933.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
| Genus: | Platymacha Meyrick, 1933 |
| Species: | P. anthochroa
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| Binomial name | |
| Platymacha anthochroa Meyrick, 1933
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References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (May 30, 2014). "Platymacha Meyrick, 1933". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.