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Genus Platyptilia

Classification · Numbers · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
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.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 24 June, 2005 - 11:42am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Marci Hess
Last updated 12 September, 2023 - 10:03am

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