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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Plume Moths (Pterophoroidea) » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Pterophorinae » Platyptiliini » Cnaemidophorus » Rose Plume Moth - Hodges#6105 (Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla)

Species Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla - Rose Plume Moth - Hodges#6105

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · 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

Tribe Platyptiliini

Genus Cnaemidophorus

Species rhododactyla (Rose Plume Moth - Hodges#6105)

Hodges Number

6105

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Alucita rhododactyla [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Greek ῥόδον (rose, for the color) δάκτυλος (plumed). (2)

Size

Wingspan 18-26 mm.

Range

Holarctic: in North America, apparently restricted to the northeast/Great Lakes area.

Food

Larvae feed on buds, flowers, and leaves of rose (Rosa spp.).

Life Cycle

Overwinters as a partly-grown larva inside stem of hostplant, and resumes feeding in spring; one generation per year.

Print References

Denis, M. & I. Schiffermüller, 1775. Systematisches Verzeichniß der Schmetterlinge der Wienergegend: 146. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727-1806)

Michael Denis (1729-1800)

Works Cited

1.	Systematisches Verzeichniß der Schmetterlinge der Wienergegend. Michael Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller. 1775. Augustin Bernardi, Wien. pp.323.

2.	Dictionary of natural history terms with their derivations, including the various orders, genera, and species. David H. McNicoll. 1863. Lovell Reeve & Company.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 July, 2008 - 5:20am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 February, 2018 - 2:43pm

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