Genus Pselnophorus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Works Cited

Belfrage's Plume Moth - Hodges #6154 - Pselnophorus belfragei

Hodges #6154 - Belfrage's Plume Moth - Pselnophorus belfragei

Belfrage's Plume Moth? - Pselnophorus belfragei

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pterophoroidea (Plume Moths)

Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)

Subfamily Pterophorinae (Five-lobed Plume Moths)

Tribe Oidaematophorini

Genus Pselnophorus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pselnophorus Wallengren, 1881

Identification

Forewing first lobe dark spots: In Pselnophorus, the second costal spot (R3 vein terminus) is inset from the costa and positioned closer to the first costal spot (R2 vein terminus) and is about halfway between that first costal spot and the inner marginal spot before the apex (when present). In sympatric Adaina and gray Hellinsia species (such as Hellinsia inquinatus), the second costal spot is positioned farther from the first costal spot and closer to the apex.

Dorsal abdominal pattern: In Pselnorphorus, the mid-dorsal line is concolorous with the ground color and bordered by a pair of silvery middorsal lines. In sympatric Adaina and gray Hellinsia species, there are usually dorsal spots or subdorsal spot pairs without silvery middorsal lines.

The four Pselnophorus species occurring north of Mexico are treated in (1).

Works Cited

1.	Three new species of Pselnophorus plume moths from southern United States (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 1 June, 2005 - 8:10am
Additional contributions by treichard
Last updated 16 September, 2023 - 2:39pm

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