PTEROPHORIDAE OF NORTH AMERICA
"Plume Moths"
by Deborah Matthews
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Plume moths are easily recognized by their characteristic "T"-shaped resting posture and the lobed or divided wings of most species. While the family Pterophoridae is easily identified, species determinations are more challenging, often requiring dissection and preparation of genitalia slides. There are currently 159 described species known from North America north of the Mexican border. Descriptions of at least 10 new species are anticipated along with some fluctuation in the total number of species from changes in synonymies. The known species are listed below with links to photographs or additional information. Synonyms are not listed here but are available in a recent World Catalogue (Gielis 2003). Larval food plants are known for 76 of the described Nearctic species (Matthews & Lott 2005). Numbers in brackets {} are from Hodges' (1983) Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. Several photographs are displayed here courtesy of the North American Moth Photographers Group. |
Genus AGDISTIS HübnerAgdistis americana Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 {6089}Genus LIOPTILODES ZimmermanLioptilodes albistriolatus (Zeller, 1871)Genus PLATYPTILIA HübnerPlatyptilia williamsii Grinnell, 1908 {6112}
Platyptilia carduidactyla (Riley, 1869) {6109}http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r6300111.html http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/Grants/Reports/Bari/bari.htm Platyptilia comstocki Lange, 1939 {6111} Platyptilia percnodactyla Walsingham, 1880 {6110} Platyptilia tesseradactyla (Linnaeus, 1776) {6106} http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/p/platyptilia_tesseradactyla.html http://www.kolumbus.fi/silvonen/micro/pt/Platesse.htm http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/leplist/microleps2.htm http://www.jkt.1g.fi/Sulkaperhoset/02_PLAtesse.htm Platyptilia washburnensis McDunnough, 1929 {6114} Platyptilia johnstoni Lange, 1940 {6108} Platyptilia albicans Fish, 1881 {6115} Platyptilia ardua McDunnough, 1927 {6113} Genus GILLMERIA TuttGillmeria albertae (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6116}Gillmeria pallidactyla (Haworth, 1811) {6107} http://jeffhiggott.topcities.com/lepidoptera/systematic_list/Pterophoridae/1504.html http://olegberlov.narod.ru/pterop3.html http://www.pbase.com/lilwings/image/30308525 http://www.pbase.com/image/18333088 http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/leplist/microleps2.htm 
http://www.ecostudies.org/trails/Q6160126.jpghttp://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1504 Genus CNAEMIDOPHORUS WallengrenCnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) {6105}http://www.golddistel.de/nachtfalter/pterophoridae/cnaemidophorus-rhododactyla.htm http://olegberlov.narod.ru/pterop5.html http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/leplist/microleps2.htm Genus LANTANOPHAGA ZimmermanLantanophaga pusillidactyla (Walker, 1864) {6119}http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pter/pusill.html http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_3073.htm Genus ANSTENOPTILIA ZimmermanAnstenoptilia marmarodactyla (Dyar [1903]) {6117}http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/plumot1b.jpg http://bugs.bio.nau.edu/grand_canyon/images/arctiidae_pterophoridae/D_LEPIPTER001.jpg Genus STENOPTILODES ZimmermanStenoptilodes antirrhina (Lange, 1939) {6123}http://insects.ippc.orst.edu/pnw/insects?KGCode_pres.cfm?ID=1534 http://ipm.ncsu.edu/AG136/cater14.html Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874) {6122} Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pter/taprob.html Genus STENOPTILIA Hübner
Stenoptilia pallistriga Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 {6145}Stenoptilia zophodactyla (Duponchel, 1838) {6144} http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pter/zophod.html Stenoptilia mengeli Fernald, 1898 {6146} Stenoptilia columbia McDunnough, 1927 {6150} Stenoptilia grandipuncta McDunnough, 1939 {6151} Stenoptilia exclamationis (Walsingham, 1880) {6148} Stenoptilia coloradensis Fernald, 1898 {6149} Genus PARAPLATYPTILIA Bigot & PicardParaplatyptilia albiciliata (Walsingham, 1880) {6130}Paraplatyptilia auriga (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6127} 
Paraplatyptilia albui Gielis, 2008Paraplatyptilia glacialis Gielis, 2008 Paraplatyptilia sabourini Gielis, 2008 Paraplatyptilia watkinsi Gielis, 2008 Paraplatyptilia albida (Walsingham, 1880) {6132} Paraplatyptilia shastae (Walsingham, 1880) {6133} Paraplatyptilia edwardsii (Fish, 1881) {6128} Paraplatyptilia fragilis (Walsingham, 1880) {6136} Paraplatyptilia albidorsella (Walsingham, 1880) {6135} Paraplatyptilia baueri (Lange, 1950) {6129} Paraplatyptilia bifida (Lange, 1950) {6141} Paraplatyptilia carolina (Kearfott, 1907) {6125} Paraplatyptilia atlantica Landry & Gielis, 2008 Paraplatyptilia cooleyi (Fernald, 1898) {6138} Paraplatyptilia grandis (Walsingham, 1880) {6124} Paraplatyptilia immaculata (McDunnough, 1939) {6126} Paraplatyptilia lutescens (Lange, 1950) {6131} Paraplatyptilia maea (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6137} Paraplatyptilia modesta (Walsingham, 1880) {6140} Paraplatyptilia nana (McDunnough, 1927) {6134} Paraplatyptilia petrodactyla (Walker, 1864) {6142} Paraplatyptilia xylopsamma (Meyrick, 1908) {6139} Genus AMBLYPTILIA HübnerAmblyptilia bowmani (McDunnough, 1927) {6147}Amblyptilia pica (Walsingham, 1880) {6118} http://bugguide.net/node/view/7000/bgpage http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/figs/moths/Pterophoridae/A_pica.jpg http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/figs/moth_larvae/Pterophoridae/pict.jpeg http://bugguide.net/node/view/7000 http://ipm.ncsu.edu/AG136/cater14.html http://www.biol.vt.edu/faculty/adler/researchinterests.html Genus OXYPTILUS ZellerOxyptilus delawaricus Zeller, 1873 {6097}Genus CAPPERIA TuttCapperia raptor (Meyrick, 1908) {6096}Capperia evansi (McDunnough, 1923) {6095} Capperia ningoris (Walsingham, 1880) {6094} Genus GEINA Tutt
Geina buscki (McDunnough, 1933) {6093}Geina tenuidactyla (Fitch, 1854) {6092} http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/webpages/others/Getenuidactyla.htm http://booksandnature.homestead.com/moth31.html Geina sheppardi B. Landry, 1989 http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/cu/g-sheppardi.htm Geina periscelidactyla (Fitch, 1854) {6091} http://www.ento.vt.edu/Fruitfiles/plume.html Genus LEPTODEUTEROCOPUS FletcherLeptodeuterocopus neales (Walsingham, 1915)http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-document&issn=0015-4040&volume=087&issue=04&page=621 Genus MICHAELOPHORUS GielisMichaelophorus indentatus (Meyrick, 1930) {6103}Genus SPHENARCHES Meyrick
Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pter/anisod.html Sphenarches ontario (McDunnough, 1927) {6090} Genus MEGALORHIPIDA AmselMegalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) {6104}http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pter/leuco.html Genus DEJONGIA Gielis
Dejongia californicus (Walsingham, 1880) {6100}http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/figs/moths/Pterophoridae/6104-live.jpg Dejongia lobidactylus (Fitch, 1854) {6102} http://bugguide.net/node/view/3497 Genus BUCKLERIA TuttBuckleria parvulus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6098}http://picasaweb.google.com/eleganceofscience/2008EleganceOfScienceContest#5280406580325205938 Genus TRICHOPTILUS WalsinghamTrichoptilus pygmaeus Walsingham, 1880 {6101}Trichoptilus potentellus Lange, 1940 {6099} Genus EXELASTIS MeyrickExelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)Exelastis dowi Matthews & B. Landry, 2008 Exelastis rhynchosiae (Dyar, 1898) Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873) http://facweb.furman.edu/%7Esnyderjohn/cu/e_pumilio.jpg Genus SINGULARIA ArenbergerSingularia walsinghami (Fernald, 1898) {6153}Genus PSELNOPHORUS Wallengren
Pselnophorus belfragei (Fish, 1881) {6154}http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/plumemo.html Genus EMMELINA TuttEmmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) {6234}http://jeffhiggott.topcities.com/lepidoptera/systematic_list/Pterophoridae/1524.html http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/leplist/microleps2.htm http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1524 http://www.marylandmoths.com/Html/Pterophoridae/Pterophorinae/Emmenlina_monodactyla.html Emmelina buscki (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6159} Genus OIDAEMATOPHORUS WallengrenOidaematophorus balsamorrhizae McDunnough, 1939 {6162}Oidaematophorus occidentalis (Walsingham, 1880) {6161} Oidaematophorus grisescens (Walsingham, 1880) {6171} Oidaematophorus cineraceus (Fish, 1881) {6172} Oidaematophorus phaceliae McDunnough, 1938 {6170} Oidaematophorus guttatus (Walsingham, 1880) {6165} 
Oidaematophorus cretidactylus (Fitch, 1834) {6163}Oidaematophorus eupatorii (Fernald, 1891) {6168} Oidaematophorus rogenhoferi (Mann, 1871) {6169} http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/o/oidaematophorus_rogenhoferi.html Oidaematophorus baroni (Fish, 1881) {6175} Oidaematophorus downesi McDunnough, 1927 {6164} Oidaematophorus lindseyi McDunnough, 1923 {6174} Oidaematophorus castor Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 {6176} Oidaematophorus rileyi (Fernald, 1898) {6173} Oidaematophorus mathewianus (Zeller, 1874) {6166} http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/ndmoths/names/6166.htm Genus HELLINSIA Tutt
Hellinsia habecki Matthews, 2010Hellinsia elliottii (Fernald, 1898) {6204} Hellinsia homodactylus (Walker, 1864) {6203} Hellinsia phoebus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6189} Hellinsia corvus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6223} Hellinsia helianthi (Walsingham, 1880) {6202} Hellinsia paleaceus (Zeller, 1873) {6207} Hellinsia eros (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6187} Hellinsia pan (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6188} Hellinsia inquinatus (Zeller, 1873) {6186} 
Hellinsia longifrons (Walsingham, 1915) {6233}Hellinsia arion (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6232} Hellinsia linus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6195} Hellinsia tinctus (Walsingham, 1915) {6200} Hellinsia ares (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6199} Hellinsia auster (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6193} Hellinsia cadmus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6196} Hellinsia citrites (Meyrick, 1908) {6183} Hellinsia cochise (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6198} Hellinsia fishii (Fernald, 1893) {6167} 
Hellinsia integratus (Meyrick, 1913) {6192}Hellinsia iobates (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6197} Hellinsia medius (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6194} Hellinsia mizar (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6178} Hellinsia thoracicus (McDunnough, 1939) {6201} Hellinsia triton (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6191} Hellinsia pollux (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6177} Hellinsia thor (McDunnough, 1939) {6190} Hellinsia brucei (Fernald, 1898) {6184} Hellinsia albilobata (McDunnough, 1939) {6185} Hellinsia fieldi (Wright, 1921) {6181} Hellinsia meyricki (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6179} Hellinsia confusus (Braun, 1930) {6182} Hellinsia gratiosus (Fish, 1881) {6180} Hellinsia venapunctus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6208} Hellinsia sulphureodactylus (Packard, 1873) {6216} Hellinsia pectodactylus (Staudinger, 1859) {6205} Hellinsia luteolus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6209} Hellinsia grandis (Fish, 1881) {6211} 
Hellinsia balanotes (Meyrick, 1908) {6210}http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pter/balanot.html http://www.forestpests.org/subject.html?SUB=2559 http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/leplist/microleps2.htm http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_3072.htm  |
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Hellinsia kellicottii (Fish, 1881) {6212} Hellinsia chlorias (Meyrick, 1908) Hellinsia lacteodactylus (Chambers, 1873) {6213} Hellinsia glenni (Cashatt, 1972) {6214} 
Hellinsia subochraceus (Walsingham, 1880) {6215}Hellinsia serenus (Meyrick, 1913) {6217} Hellinsia catalinae (Grinnell, 1908) {6231} Hellinsia australis (Grinnell, 1908) {6218} Hellinsia costatus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6219} Hellinsia rigidus (McDunnough, 1938) {6229} Hellinsia unicolor (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) {6226} Hellinsia caudelli (Dyar, 1903) {6228} Hellinsia inconditus (Walsingham, 1880) {6227} Hellinsia perditus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6224} Hellinsia falsus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6220} Hellinsia varius (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6221} Hellinsia varioides (McDunnough, 1939) {6222} Hellinsia simplicissimus (McDunnough, 1938) {6225} Hellinsia contortus (McDunnough, 1938) {6230} Genus ADAINA Tutt
Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929Adaina bipunctatus (Möschler, 1890) {6155} Adaina simplicius (Grossbeck, 1917) Adaina zephyria Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 {6156} Adaina parainvida Gielis, 1992 Adaina thomae (Zeller, 1877) Adaina perplexus (Grossbeck, 1917) Adaina montana (Walsingham, 1880) {6157} Adaina cinerascens (Walsingham, 1880) {6158} Adaina ambrosiae (Murtfeldt, 1880) {6160} http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/leplist/microleps2.htm http://picasaweb.google.com/eleganceofscience/2008EleganceOfScienceContest#5280406585342935378 |
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