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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Plume Moths (Pterophoroidea) » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Five-lobed Plume Moths (Pterophorinae) » Oxyptilini » Capperia » Evans' Plume Moth - Hodges#6095 (Capperia evansi)

Species Capperia evansi - Evans' Plume Moth - Hodges#6095

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Oxyptilini

Genus Capperia

Species evansi (Evans' Plume Moth - Hodges#6095)

Hodges Number

6095

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Capperia evansi (McDunnough, 1923)

Pterophorus evansi McDunnough, 1923 (1)

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of entomologist John D. Evans of Trenton, Ontario who collected the type specimens. McDunnough also named Orthonama evansi for him.

Size

Wingspan 14 mm.

Identification

See the identification key for Oxyptilini.

See the identification section for Capperia.

See the species accounts in Landry (1987)(2) and McDunnough (1923)(3) as Pterophorus evansi.

Range

Records from Illinois to Maine. (4)

Types: Trenton, Ontario (J.D. Evans, July 1911).

Food

Larval hosts are marsh skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata) and blue skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora). (5), (1)

Print References

McDunnough, J.H., 1923. Notes on Pterophoroidea with descriptions of new species. The Canadian Entomologist 54: 85.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

James Halliday McDunnough (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	On the systematics and origin of the generic group Oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae) Stanislaw Adamczewski. 1951. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 1(5): 303-387; Pl.9-20.

2.	A synopsis of the plume-moths of the subfamily Platyptiliinae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of eastern Canada Bernard Landry. 1987.

3.	Notes on Pterophoridae with descriptions of new species J. McDunnough. 1923. The Canadian Entomologist.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Bob Biagi on 30 August, 2017 - 11:13pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Randy Hardy, treichard
Last updated 24 July, 2024 - 6:22pm

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