PTEROPHORIDAE OF NORTH AMERICA
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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 154 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 Moth Photographers Group of Eastern North America. |
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Agdistis americana Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 {6089} Lioptilodes parvus (Walsingham, 1880) {6120} http://www.origins.tv/entomology/moths/300/6092_99/04-PlumeMoth111103.jpg Platyptilia williamsii Grinnell, 1908 {6112} http://www.esajournals.org/esaonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0012-9658&volume=067&issue=04&page=1063 
Platyptilia carduidactyla (Riley, 1869) {6109}http://www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/species/insects/insectpages/Pterophoridae.htm http://www.origins.tv/entomology/moths/300/6092_99/03-PlumeMoth092804.jpg 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} Gillmeria 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.bike2nature.co.uk/moths/moth_1504.htm http://cgi.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/show.php?id=2705 http://cgi.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/show.php?id=1184 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.jpg http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1504 Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) {6105} http://www.golddistel.de/nachtfalter/pterophoridae/cnaemidophorus-rhododactyla.htm 
http://www.heiconsulting.com/dls/06105.htmlhttp://cgi.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/show.php?id=2947 http://www.motyle.sk/pter/1940_rhododactyla.htm http://olegberlov.narod.ru/pterop5.html http://www.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Unid/NSU1/NSU024.jpg http://www.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Files/Live/NS/NS6105.jpg http://www.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Files/Live/LS/LS6105.jpg http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/leplist/microleps2.htm Lantanophaga pusillidactyla (Walker, 1864) {6119} http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/pter/pusill.html http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_3073.htm Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla (Dyar [1903]) {6117} http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/plumot1b.jpg http://bugs.bio.nau.edu/grand_canyon/images/arctiidae_pterophoridae/D_LEPIPTER001.jpg Stenoptilodes 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://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/pter/taprob.html http://home.earthlink.net/~larksparrow1/moth/Plume_Moth/Plume_Moth3.jpg 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} Stenoptilia zophodactyla (Duponchel, 1838) {6144} http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/pter/zophod.html http://cgi.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/show.php?id=833 Stenoptilia pallistriga Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 {6145} Paraplatyptilia albiciliata (Walsingham, 1880) {6130} Paraplatyptilia auriga (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6127} 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 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} Amblyptilia 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 http://natureali.org/images/butterflies/july2004count/2004_J62.jpg Oxyptilus delawaricus Zeller, 1873 {6097} Capperia raptor (Meyrick, 1908) {6096} 
Capperia evansi (McDunnough, 1923) {6095}Capperia ningoris (Walsingham, 1880) {6094} http://www.waskasoopark.ca/images/007.jpg Geina buscki (McDunnough, 1933) {6093} Geina tenuidactyla (Fitch, 1854) {6092} http://www.wingwatchers.com/images1/plume2.jpg 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.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Files/Live/TM/TM6092.jpg http://www.ento.vt.edu/Fruitfiles/plume.html Leptodeuterocopus neales (Walsingham, 1915) http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-document&issn=0015-4040&volume=087&issue=04&page=621 Michaelophorus indentatus (Meyrick, 1930) {6103} 
Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864) http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/pter/anisod.html Sphenarches ontario (McDunnough, 1927) {6090} http://www.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Files/Live/BP/BP6092.jpg http://www.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Unid/DB2004/DBU030a.jpg http://www.marylandmoths.com/Html/Pterophoridae/Platyptiliinae/Geina_tenuidactyla.html Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) {6104} http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/pter/leuco.html Dejongia californicus (Walsingham, 1880) {6100} http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/figs/moths/Pterophoridae/6104-live.jpg 
Dejongia lobidactylus (Fitch, 1854) {6102}http://www.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Files/Live/SN/SN6092.jpg http://bugguide.net/node/view/3497 Buckleria parvulus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6098} Trichoptilus pygmaeus Walsingham, 1880 {6101} Trichoptilus potentellus Lange, 1940 {6099} Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897) Exelastis rhynchosiae (Dyar, 1898) Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873) http://facweb.furman.edu/%7Esnyderjohn/cu/e_pumilio.jpg Singularia walsinghami (Fernald, 1898) {6153} 
Pselnophorus belfragei (Fish, 1881) {6154}http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/plumemo.html http://bugguide.net/node/view/6036/bgpage Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) {6234} http://cgi.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/show.php?id=2557 http://cgi.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/show.php?id=2558 http://jeffhiggott.topcities.com/lepidoptera/systematic_list/Pterophoridae/1524.html http://www.motyle.sk/pter/1975_monodactyla.htm http://www.bike2nature.co.uk/moths/moth_1524.htm http://www.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Unid/DB2004/DBU028a.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/snanz/.Pictures/Insects/Moths/Hodges_1_6252/source/54.htm http://homepage.mac.com/snanz/.Pictures/Insects/Moths/Hodges_1_6252/source/55.htm> http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/leplist/microleps2.htm http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1524 http://www-chaos.engr.utk.edu/~kde/leps/species/Pterophoridae/UNID03/unknwnPlume03.html http://www.marylandmoths.com/Html/Pterophoridae/Pterophorinae/Emmenlina_monodactyla.html Emmelina buscki (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6159} Oidaematophorus 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 Hellinsia elliottii (Fernald, 1898) {6204} Hellinsia homodactylus (Walker, 1864) {6203} http://www.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Unid/DB2004/DBU029a.jpg http://www.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Files/Live/NS/NS6234.jpg Hellinsia phoebus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6189} Hellinsia corvus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6223} Hellinsia helianthi (Walsingham, 1880) {6202} 
Hellinsia paleaceus (Zeller, 1873) {6207}http://home.earthlink.net/~larksparrow1/moth/Plume_Moth/Plume_Moth.jpg http://home.earthlink.net/~larksparrow1/moth/Plume_Moth/Plume_Moth2.jpg Hellinsia eros (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6187} Hellinsia pan (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6188} Hellinsia inquinatus (Zeller, 1873) {6186} http://www.origins.tv/entomology/moths/300/6092_99/01-BWPlumeMoth061904.jpg http://www.origins.tv/entomology/moths/300/6092_99/01-BWPlumeMoth091404.jpg http://www.origins.tv/entomology/moths/300/6092_99/01-BWPlumeMoth061804.jpg 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://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/pter/balanot.html http://www.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Files/Live/LL/LL6210.jpg 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} http://www.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Unid/DSIU/DSIU027.jpg http://www.origins.tv/MothPhotographersGroup/Unid/CMU1/CMU045.jpg Hellinsia chlorias (Meyrick, 1908) Hellinsia lacteodactylus (Chambers, 1873) {6213} Hellinsia glenni (Cashatt, 1972) {6214} 
Hellinsia subochraceus (Walsingham, 1880) {6215}Hellinsia serenus (Meyrick, 1913) {6217} http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zeeb/butterflies/figs/moths/Pterophoridae/O_serenus.jpg 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} 
Adaina 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 |
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