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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Diamondback Moths (Plutellidae) » Plutella » Dame's Rocket Moth - Hodges#2363 (Plutella porrectella)
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Another small moth 2 - Plutella porrectella
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Another small moth 2 - Plutella porrectella
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 25, 2007
Size: 1/3 inch approx

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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 26 May, 2007 - 9:06am
Last updated 27 May, 2007 - 10:24am

2363 -- Dame's Violet Moth -- Plutella porrectella
B.P.
… Bob Patterson, 26 May, 2007 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Is that the same as Dame's Ro
Is that the same as Dame's Rocket Moth-Plutella porrectella?
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 27 May, 2007 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

 
Plutella porrectella always equals Plutella porrectella
Common names may vary. I don't know why they do in this case.
… Bob Patterson, 27 May, 2007 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

 
attempted explanation
The larval foodplant (Hesperis matronalis) is called Dame's Violet in its native Europe, but Dame's Rocket in North America, where it is introduced.

When creating the Guide page, I thought it would be appropriate to call the North American populations of the moth by the North American common name of the foodplant. Also, "violet" is a misnomer in this case, as the plant is not related to violets (Viola spp.); it's in the mustard family (Brassicaceae), a number of whose members have "rocket" in their common names.
… Robin McLeod, 1 October, 2007 - 12:01am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! That's what I thought
Thanks! That's what I thought. Just making sure. ^__^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 28 May, 2007 - 1:04am login or register to post comments

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