Paraplatyptilia auriga

{{short description|Species of plume moth}}

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| taxon = Paraplatyptilia auriga

| authority = (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921){{cite web |url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6127 |title=460030.00 – 6127 – Paraplatyptilia auriga – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) |website=North American Moth Photographers Group |publisher=Mississippi State University |accessdate=March 25, 2018}}

| synonyms = * Platyptilia auriga Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

• Stenoptilodes auriga

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Paraplatyptilia auriga is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in eastern North America, including Florida,{{cite web |url=http://www.plumemoth.com/Florida%20Pterophoridae.pdf |title=Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida|publisher=Plume Moth |accessdate=February 11, 2012}} Mississippi,{{cite journal |last=Matthews |first=D. L. |date=2010 |url=http://www.plumemoth.com/MatherSLS.pdf |title=Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) |journal=Southern Lepidopterists' News |publisher=Plume Moth |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=50–55}} and New Jersey.

The wingspan is about {{convert|18|mm}}.

The larvae feed on Gerardia species and various Asteraceae species.