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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Pterophoroidea » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Pterophorinae » Platyptiliini » Geina » Geina sheppardi - Hodges#6091.1 (Geina sheppardi)

Species Geina sheppardi - Hodges#6091.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Food
Plume Moth Cocoon - Geina sheppardi Plume Moth caterpillar - Geina sheppardi Plume Moth - Geina sheppardi Plume Moth - Geina sheppardi Plume Moth cocoon after hatching - Geina sheppardi Plume Moth cocoon before hatching - Geina sheppardi Plume Moth - Geina sheppardi chrysalis found on top of leaves - Geina sheppardi
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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 Geina
Species sheppardi (Geina sheppardi - Hodges#6091.1)
Hodges Number
6091.1
Identification
See remarks on

Food
Larvae feed on wild grape (Vitis).
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 21 August, 2006 - 7:13am

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