Species Lantanophaga pusillidactylus - Lantana Plume Moth - Hodges#6119

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Plume Moth - Lantanophaga pusillidactylus

Lantana plume moth - Hodges#6119 - Lantanophaga pusillidactylus

Small Plume moth for ID - Lantanophaga pusillidactylus

Moth for ID - Lantanophaga pusillidactylus

Lantana Plume moth - Lantanophaga pusillidactylus

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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 Platyptiliini

Genus Lantanophaga

Species pusillidactylus (Lantana Plume Moth - Hodges#6119)

Hodges Number

6119

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)

Oxyptilus pusillidactylus Walker, 1864

Identification

See the identification key for Platyptiliini.

See the species accounts in Matthews et al. (2019a)(1), Matthews et al. (2019b)(2), Gielis (2006)(3), Landry & Gielis (1992)(4).

Print References

Walker, F., 1864. Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 30: 933.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	Plume moths recorded from the United States naval base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Deborah Matthews et al. 2019. News of the Lepidopterists' Society.

2.	Additions to the plume moth fauna of The Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) with description of four new species Deborah L. Matthews et al. 2019. Insecta Mundi.

3.	Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I Cees Gielis. 2006. Zoologische Mededelingen.

4.	A synopsis of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador B. Landry & C. Gielis. 1992. Zoologische Verhandelingen.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 26 August, 2007 - 11:44pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, treichard
Last updated 25 July, 2024 - 7:32am

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