Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Pterophoroidea » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Pterophorinae » Platyptiliini » Geina » Himmelman's Plume Moth - Hodges#6092 (Geina tenuidactylus)

Species Geina tenuidactylus - Himmelman's Plume Moth - Hodges#6092

Which moth is this, please? - Geina tenuidactylus

Himmelman's Plume Moth - Geina tenuidactylus

Geina tenuidactylis - Geina tenuidactylus

Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Geina

Species tenuidactylus (Himmelman's Plume Moth - Hodges#6092)

Hodges Number

6092

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pterophorus tenuidactylus

Size

Wingspan circa 17 mm (guide photo with measurements)

Internet References

MPG Living Plate

MIACY

Nomina-Nearctica

All-Leps

Contributed by Mike Boone on 19 June, 2005 - 4:16pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 4 February, 2008 - 11:34pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2009 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.