Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly Trichoptilus lobidactylus (and originally placed in genus Pterophorus)
Numbers
the only species in this genus, according to
All-Leps and
nearctica.com, but one of two species, according to the list by Debbie Matthews at
plumemoth.comIdentification
Adult: forewing bilobed, brown with white patches - distinguishing features include horizontal white strip on upper half of upper lobe at apex, and vertical white strip on lower half of lower lobe near apex; top of thorax brown with white posterior border; top of abdomen brown with dark brown patches near middle, and four pairs of short white streaks straddling midline; hindwing with three deeply-incised lobes (hindwing completely hidden beneath forewing in live moths at rest); hindleg white with tufted brown "collar" and long projecting white spine at each joint; antennae white with narrow dark rings on basal half, and wide dark rings on distal half
Range
northeastern United States plus Quebec and Ontario
(list at
Dalton State College [listed under
Trichoptilus] indicates a range including Florida, but the species does not appear on the list of
Florida Lepidoptera)
Season
adults fly from June to August
Remarks
page creation based on Debbie Matthews' identification of
this image - (a link to the BugGuide image is given under
Dejongia lobidactylus on her page
here)
Internet References
live adult image (Bev Wigney, Ontario)
live adult images by Steve Nanz, New York, and Bev Wigney, Ontario (Moth Photographers Group)
4 pinned adult images showing the bilobed forewing and trilobed hindwing, plus collection site map (All-Leps)
presence in Ontario listed under
Trichoptilus (NHIC; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
presence in Michigan; PDF doc list listed under
Trichoptilus (Mogens Nielsen, Michigan State U.)
Contributed by
Robin McLeod on 15 April, 2006 - 6:18pm
Last updated 21 October, 2006 - 10:41pm
