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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Pterophoroidea » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Pterophorinae » Platyptiliini » Cnaemidophorus » Rose Plume Moth - Hodges#6105 (Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla)

Species Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla - Rose Plume Moth - Hodges#6105

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References

Plume Moth - Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla

Rose Plume Moth - Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla

curious bug - Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Pterophoroidea

Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)

Subfamily Pterophorinae

Tribe Platyptiliini

Genus Cnaemidophorus

Species rhododactyla (Rose Plume Moth - Hodges#6105)

Hodges Number

6105

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

specific epithet alternately spelled "rhododactylus"

described in 1775 by Denis and Schiffermüller, who originally placed it in genus Alucita

Explanation of Names

rhododactyla: from the Greek "rhodon" (a rose); presumably refers to the larval foodplant, and is the origin of the suggested common name Rose Plume Moth

Numbers

the only species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan 18-26 mm

Range

holarctic: in North America, apparently restricted to the northeast/Great Lakes area

Habitat

hedgerows and shrubby areas were hostplants grow; adults are nocturnal and come to light

Season

adults fly from late June to August

larvae present fall through spring

Food

larvae feed on buds, flowers, and leaves of rose (Rosa spp.)

Life Cycle

overwinters as a partly-grown larva inside stem of hostplant, and resumes feeding in spring; one generation per year

Internet References

live adult images by various photographers (Moth Photographers Group)

live adult image by David Green, plus flight season, habitat, larval foodplants (Hants Moths, UK)

live adult images and dates (Lynn Scott, Ontario)

live adult image by Byron Pateman, plus flight season, larval foodplant, biology (Ian Kimber, UK Moths)

live adult image by Gaston Sallaets, plus larval foodplant, biology, flight season (Lepidoptera of Belgium)

distribution map plus synonyms, links to images, larval foodplants (Markku Savela, FUNET)

pinned adult image (E. Berlov, Russia)

3 pinned adult images (All-Leps)

several links to photos (Deborah Matthews, Pterophoridae of North America)

author, date, and original genus (nearctica.com)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 July, 2008 - 5:20am

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