PTEROPHORIDAE OF NORTH AMERICA

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.


Agdistis americana Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 {6089}

Lioptilodes albistriolatus (Zeller, 1871)
http://www.origins.tv/entomology/moths/300/6092_99/04-PlumeMoth111103.jpg

Platyptilia williamsii Grinnell, 1908 {6112}

carduidactyla Platyptilia carduidactyla (Riley, 1869) {6109}

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.pbase.com/lilwings/image/30308525
http://www.pbase.com/image/18333088
http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/leplist/microleps2.htm
rhododactyla 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://olegberlov.narod.ru/pterop5.html
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}
pallistriga Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/pter/taprob.html


Stenoptilia pallistriga Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 {6145}
Stenoptilia zophodactyla (Duponchel, 1838) {6144}
http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/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}

Paraplatyptilia albiciliata (Walsingham, 1880) {6130}
Paraplatyptilia auriga (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6127}
auriga Paraplatyptilia albui Gielis, 2008
Paraplatyptilia 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}

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}
tenuidactyla 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.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}
anisodactylus
Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/pter/anisod.html

Sphenarches ontario (McDunnough, 1927) {6090}


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


lobidactylus Dejongia lobidactylus (Fitch, 1854) {6102}

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}

belfragei Pselnophorus belfragei (Fish, 1881) {6154}
http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/plumemo.html


Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) {6234}
http://jeffhiggott.topcities.com/lepidoptera/systematic_list/Pterophoridae/1524.html
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.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}
eupatorii 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}
homodactylus 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/Files/Live/NS/NS6234.jpg

Hellinsia phoebus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6189}
Hellinsia corvus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6223}
Hellinsia helianthi (Walsingham, 1880) {6202}
paleaceus Hellinsia paleaceus (Zeller, 1873) {6207}



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}
mizar 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}
balanotes adult 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

balanotes larva


Hellinsia kellicottii (Fish, 1881) {6212}



Hellinsia chlorias (Meyrick, 1908)
Hellinsia lacteodactylus (Chambers, 1873) {6213}
Hellinsia glenni (Cashatt, 1972) {6214}
unicolor 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}

ambrosiae 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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