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Species Michaelophorus indentatus - Hourglass Plume Moth - Hodges#6103

Moth - Michaelophorus indentatus Unknown Moth - Michaelophorus indentatus Michaelophorus indentatus? - Michaelophorus indentatus Michaelophorus indentatus Another example from the vicinity of Dog Canyon - Michaelophorus indentatus Another example from the vicinity of Dog Canyon - Michaelophorus indentatus Sage Plume Moth? - Michaelophorus indentatus Sage Plume Moth? - Michaelophorus indentatus
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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 Michaelophorus
Species indentatus (Hourglass Plume Moth - Hodges#6103)
Hodges Number
6103
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Michaelophorus indentatus (Meyrick)
Orig. Comb: Oxyptilus indentatus Meyrick 1930
Syn: Trichoptilus indentatus (Meyrick)
Numbers
1 sp.
Size
Wingspan 12mm
Identification
See the identification key for Platyptiliini.
See the species accounts in Matthews et al. (2019)(1) and Gielis (2006)(2).

"The species is characterized by the weakly marked grey-brown forewings; the third lobe of the hindwing which has a row of prominent scales along the costa and the subterminal dorsal scale-tooth; the dorsum of the abdomen has mirrored, white zigzag lines." -- Gielis, "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae"

The abdominal pattern is distinctive.
Range
AZ to w. TX / Mex. to Brazil
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