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 166 described species known from North America north of the Mexican border. Known species are listed below. Synonyms are available in a 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 Hübner

Agdistis americana Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 {6089}

Genus LIOPTILODES Zimmerman

Lioptilodes albistriolatus (Zeller, 1871)

Genus PLATYPTILIA Hübner

carduidactyla Platyptilia williamsii Grinnell, 1908 {6112}
Platyptilia carduidactyla (Riley, 1869) {6109}
Platyptilia comstocki Lange, 1939 {6111}
Platyptilia percnodactyla Walsingham, 1880 {6110}
Platyptilia tesseradactyla (Linnaeus, 1776) {6106}
Platyptilia washburnensis McDunnough, 1929 {6114}
Platyptilia johnstoni Lange, 1940 {6108}
Platyptilia albicans Fish, 1881 {6115}
Platyptilia ardua McDunnough, 1927 {6113}

Genus GILLMERIA Tutt

Gillmeria albertae (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6116}
Gillmeria pallidactyla (Haworth, 1811) {6107}
rhododactyla

Genus CNAEMIDOPHORUS Wallengren

Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) {6105}

Genus LANTANOPHAGA Zimmerman

Lantanophaga pusillidactyla (Walker, 1864) {6119}

Genus ANSTENOPTILIA Zimmerman

Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla (Dyar [1903]) {6117}

Genus STENOPTILODES Zimmerman

Stenoptilodes antirrhina (Lange, 1939) {6123}
Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874) {6122}
Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
pallistriga

Genus STENOPTILIA Hübner

Stenoptilia pallistriga Barnes & McDunnough, 1913 {6145}
Stenoptilia zophodactyla (Duponchel, 1838) {6144}
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 & Picard

Paraplatyptilia albiciliatus (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 albidus (Walsingham, 1880) {6132}
Paraplatyptilia shastae (Walsingham, 1880) {6133}
Paraplatyptilia edwardsii (Fish, 1881) {6128}
Paraplatyptilia fragilis (Walsingham, 1880) {6136}
Paraplatyptilia albidorsellus (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 Hübner

Amblyptilia bowmani (McDunnough, 1927) {6147}
Amblyptilia pica (Walsingham, 1880) {6118}

Genus OXYPTILUS Zeller

Oxyptilus delawaricus Zeller, 1873 {6097}
Oxyptilus eleanerae Matthews, 2017

Genus CAPPERIA Tutt

Capperia raptor (Meyrick, 1908) {6096}
Capperia evansi (McDunnough, 1923) {6095}
Capperia ningoris (Walsingham, 1880) {6094}
tenuidactyla

Genus GEINA Tutt

Geina buscki (McDunnough, 1933) {6093}
Geina tenuidactylus (Fitch, 1854) {6092}
Geina sheppardi B. Landry, 1989
Geina periscelidactylus (Fitch, 1854) {6091}

Genus LEPTODEUTEROCOPUS Fletcher

Leptodeuterocopus neales (Walsingham, 1915)

Genus MICHAELOPHORUS Gielis

Michaelophorus indentatus (Meyrick, 1930) {6103}
anisodactylus

Genus SPHENARCHES Meyrick

Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
Sphenarches ontario (McDunnough, 1927) {6090}

Genus MEGALORHIPIDA Amsel

Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) {6104}

lobidactylus

Genus DEJONGIA Gielis

Dejongia californicus (Walsingham, 1880) {6100}
Dejongia lobidactylus (Fitch, 1854) {6102}

Genus BUCKLERIA Tutt

Buckleria parvulus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6098}

Genus TRICHOPTILUS Walsingham

Trichoptilus pygmaeus Walsingham, 1880 {6101}
Trichoptilus potentellus Lange, 1940 {6099}

Genus EXELASTIS Meyrick

Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)
Exelastis dowi Matthews & B. Landry, 2008
Exelastis rhynchosiae (Dyar, 1898)
Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)

Genus SINGULARIA Arenberger

Singularia walsinghami (Fernald, 1898) {6153}
belfragei

Genus PSELNOPHORUS Wallengren

Pselnophorus belfragei (Fish, 1881) {6154}
Pselnophorus chihuahuaensis Matthews, Gielis, & Watkins, 2014
Pselnophorus kutisi Matthews, Gielis, & Watkins, 2014
Pselnophorus hodgesi Matthews, Gielis, & Watkins, 2014

Genus EMMELINA Tutt

Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) {6234}
Emmelina buscki (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6159}

Genus OIDAEMATOPHORUS Wallengren

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}
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}

Genus HELLINSIA Tutt

homodactylus Hellinsia habecki Matthews, 2010
Hellinsia 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}
paleaceus 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}
mizar Hellinsia iobates (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6197}
Hellinsia medius (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6194}
Hellinsia mizar (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6178}
Hellinsia hoguei (Gielis, 1996)
Hellinsia thoracica (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}

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}
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

ambrosiae Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929
Adaina ipomoeae Bigot & Etienne, 2009
Adaina bipunctatus (Möschler, 1890) {6155}
Adaina simplicius (Grossbeck, 1917)
Adaina zephyria Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 {6156}
Adaina thomae (Zeller, 1877)
Adaina perplexus (Grossbeck, 1917)
Adaina montanus (Walsingham, 1880) {6157}
Adaina cinerascens (Walsingham, 1880) {6158}
Adaina ambrosiae (Murtfeldt, 1880) {6160}


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