Species Oxyptilus eleanerae - Eleaner’s Plume Moth - Hodges#6097.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · 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 Oxyptilus

Species eleanerae (Eleaner’s Plume Moth - Hodges#6097.1)

Hodges Number

6097.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Oxyptilus eleanerae Matthews, 2017

Identification

See the species account in Matthews (2017)(1).

Oxyptilus eleanarae adults have:

a well developed outer margin on the forewing second lobe, unlike in Dejongia, Megalorhipida, Buckleria, and Trichoptilus.
a gray ground color, unlike the tawny brown or chocolate brown ground color of other species in the tribe.
the abdominal pattern continued on segment 4, rather than interrupted as unmarked or obscurely marked brown on that segment as in Geina and Sphenarches species.
the posterior parts of the mesothorax and tegulae whitish, with whitish longitudinal lines on the metathorax, as in Capperia species and unlike in Geina species and Sphenarches ontario.
the forewing first lobe postmedial line more oblique than its antemedial line, unlike in Oxyptilus delawaricus (postmedial line less oblique than its antemedial line) and Capperia species (the lines nearly parallel).

Range

NM, AZ, and Davis Mountains, TX (Matthews, 2017).

Type locality: Sandoval Co., NM.

Print References

Matthews, D.L. & C.V. Covell, 2021. Common Names Of North American Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Southern Lepidopterists' News, 43(2): 123-148.

Matthews, D.L., 2017. A new species of Oxyptilus Zeller from the southwestern United States (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae). ZooKeys, 698: 75-93.

Internet References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: (2)

Works Cited

1.	A new species of Oxyptilus Zeller from the southwestern United States (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) Deborah Matthews. 2017. ZooKeys 698: 75-93.

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 24 May, 2022 - 3:20pm
Additional contributions by treichard
Last updated 24 July, 2024 - 11:45am

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