Species Michaelophorus indentatus - Hourglass Plume Moth - Hodges#6103

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Unknown Moth - Michaelophorus indentatus

Michaelophorus indentatus? - Michaelophorus indentatus

Another example from the vicinity of Dog Canyon - 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

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Additions to the plume moth fauna of The Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) with description of four new species Deborah L. Matthews et al. 2019. Insecta Mundi.

2.	Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I Cees Gielis. 2006. Zoologische Mededelingen.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 5 May, 2009 - 7:05pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, treichard
Last updated 25 July, 2024 - 12:31pm

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