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 HübnerAgdistis americana Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 {6089}Genus LIOPTILODES ZimmermanLioptilodes albistriolatus (Zeller, 1871)Genus PLATYPTILIA HübnerPlatyptilia williamsii Grinnell, 1908 {6112}![]() http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r6300111.html 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.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://www.pbase.com/lilwings/image/30308525 http://www.pbase.com/image/18333088 ![]() Genus CNAEMIDOPHORUS WallengrenCnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) {6105}http://olegberlov.narod.ru/pterop5.html Genus LANTANOPHAGA ZimmermanLantanophaga pusillidactyla (Walker, 1864) {6119}http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_3073.htm Genus ANSTENOPTILIA ZimmermanAnstenoptilia marmarodactyla (Dyar [1903]) {6117}Genus STENOPTILODES ZimmermanStenoptilodes antirrhina (Lange, 1939) {6123}Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874) {6122} Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) ![]() Genus STENOPTILIA HübnerStenoptilia 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 & PicardParaplatyptilia albiciliatus (Walsingham, 1880) {6130}Paraplatyptilia auriga (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6127} ![]() 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 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/moth_larvae/Pterophoridae/pict.jpeg Genus OXYPTILUS ZellerOxyptilus delawaricus Zeller, 1873 {6097}Oxyptilus eleanerae Matthews, 2017 Genus CAPPERIA TuttCapperia raptor (Meyrick, 1908) {6096}Capperia evansi (McDunnough, 1923) {6095} Capperia ningoris (Walsingham, 1880) {6094} ![]() Genus GEINA TuttGeina buscki (McDunnough, 1933) {6093}Geina tenuidactylus (Fitch, 1854) {6092} Geina sheppardi B. Landry, 1989 Geina periscelidactylus (Fitch, 1854) {6091} Genus LEPTODEUTEROCOPUS FletcherLeptodeuterocopus neales (Walsingham, 1915)Genus MICHAELOPHORUS GielisMichaelophorus indentatus (Meyrick, 1930) {6103}![]() Genus SPHENARCHES MeyrickSphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)Sphenarches ontario (McDunnough, 1927) {6090} Genus MEGALORHIPIDA AmselMegalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) {6104}![]() Genus DEJONGIA GielisDejongia californicus (Walsingham, 1880) {6100}http://nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/ Dejongia lobidactylus (Fitch, 1854) {6102} http://bugguide.net/node/view/3497 Genus BUCKLERIA TuttBuckleria parvulus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) {6098}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) Genus SINGULARIA ArenbergerSingularia walsinghami (Fernald, 1898) {6153}![]() Genus PSELNOPHORUS WallengrenPselnophorus belfragei (Fish, 1881) {6154}Pselnophorus chihuahuaensis Matthews, Gielis, & Watkins, 2014 Pselnophorus kutisi Matthews, Gielis, & Watkins, 2014 Pselnophorus hodgesi Matthews, Gielis, & Watkins, 2014 Genus EMMELINA TuttEmmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) {6234}http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1524 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 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} Genus HELLINSIA Tutt![]() 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} ![]() 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 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} ![]() http://www.forestpests.org/subject.html?SUB=2559 http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_3072.htm ![]() |
Hellinsia kellicottii (Fish, 1881) {6212} Hellinsia chlorias (Meyrick, 1908) Hellinsia lacteodactylus (Chambers, 1873) {6213} Hellinsia glenni (Cashatt, 1972) {6214} ![]() 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 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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