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Species Emmelina monodactyla - Morning-glory Plume Moth - Hodges#6234

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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 Emmelina
Species monodactyla (Morning-glory Plume Moth - Hodges#6234)
Hodges Number
6234
Explanation of Names
Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phalaena monodactyla Linnaeus, 1758
Identification
Range
Holarctic
Season
Adults are present much of the year on Block Island, RI.(1)
Food
Larvae feed on Convolvulaceae
Life Cycle
Larva; larva; adult
Works Cited
1.Block Island Moths