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Genus Platyptilia

Artichoke Plume Moth - Platyptilia carduidactylus Illinois Geranium Plume Moth? - Platyptilia carduidactylus 6109 Platyptilia carduidactyla (Artichoke Plume Moth) - Platyptilia carduidactylus Geranium Plume Moth, Amblyptilia pica, 6118 - Platyptilia carduidactylus Platyptilia sp. 4 (new species by BOLD) - Platyptilia Artichoke Plume Moth - Platyptilia carduidactylus Platyptilia carduidactylus - Artichoke Plume Moth - Hodges#6109 ? - Platyptilia carduidactylus Platyptilia carduidactylus? - Platyptilia carduidactylus
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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 Platyptilia
Numbers
9 species in North America listed at All-Leps
Habitat
Lives inside flower buds where the relative humidity is always above 99%.(1)
Remarks
the former Platyptilia pallidactyla is now treated as Gillmeria pallidactyla by All-Leps, Fauna Europaea, and Pterophoridae of North America
Works Cited
1.Insects and the Plant Surface
Barrie Juniper and Sir Richard Southwood. 1986. Edward Arnold Ltd.