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

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Plume Moth - Hodges #6154 - Pselnophorus belfragei

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

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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 Pterophorini

Genus Pselnophorus

Species belfragei (Belfrage's Plume Moth - Hodges#6154)

Hodges Number

6154

Explanation of Names

Gustave W. Belfrage (1834-1882) - Handbook of Texas, Online

Numbers

the only species in this genus in North America

Identification

Adult: forewing light gray with dark speckling and three or four black spots distributed along wing; abdomen light yellowish or yellowish-gray with sparse speckling; legs uniformly pale, with hindlegs held against abdomen at rest, projecting beyond it and often crossed near tip of abdomen

Range

southeastern United States: South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma

Season

Flies year round in Florida (1)

Print References

Geiser, S.W., 1948. Naturalists of the Frontier. Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas. 296 pp.

Internet References

live adult image (Charles Lewallen, Oklahoma)

live adult images by various photographers (Moth Photographers Group)

presence in Texas; list (James Gillaspy, U. of Texas)

presence in South Carolina; distribution map (John Snyder, Furman U., South Carolina)

presence in Florida; list (Florida State Collection of Arthropods)

Works Cited

1.	The Lepidoptera of Florida: An Annotated Checklist. By Charles P. Kimball.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 15 April, 2006 - 6:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 30 December, 2008 - 10:24am

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