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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 » Geina » Grape Plume Moth  - Hodges#6091 (Geina periscelidactylus)

Species Geina periscelidactylus - Grape Plume Moth - Hodges#6091

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Geina sp. plume moth - Geina periscelidactylus Plume Moth - Geina periscelidactylus Geina periscelidactylus - male Geina periscelidactylus (Grape Plume Moth) 6091 - Geina periscelidactylus Grape Plume Moth - Geina periscelidactylus Grape Plume Moth - Geina periscelidactylus Grape Plume Moth - Geina periscelidactylus Grape Plume Moth - Geina periscelidactylus - male
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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 Geina
Species periscelidactylus (Grape Plume Moth - Hodges#6091)
Hodges Number
6091
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pterophorus periscelidactylus
Numbers
one of four species for North America
Size
wingspan approximately 16 mm
Season
adults seen June-July
Food
larvae feed on grape and Virgina creeper
Life Cycle
Life cycle images:
Mated pair, larva, pupa, adult
Remarks
considered a pest of grape
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.
barcodinglife.org (BOLD) - photograph of pinned adults, collection records.
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 4 February, 2008 - 10:45pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor
Last updated 11 June, 2021 - 9:47am

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