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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Plume Moths (Pterophoroidea) » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Five-lobed Plume Moths (Pterophorinae) » Platyptiliini » Platyptilia » Artichoke Plume Moth - Hodges#6109 (Platyptilia carduidactylus)
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Backyard Bug - Platyptilia carduidactylus
Copyright © 2004 Jadon Ruscha

Backyard Bug - Platyptilia carduidactylus
Monroe, Washington, USA
July 1, 2004
We found this guy in our backyard. It almost looks like a cross between a crane fly and a moth. It flies for short distances at a time and flutters around while it flies.
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Contributed by Jadon Ruscha on 3 July, 2004 - 5:47pm
Last updated 22 June, 2007 - 10:39am

Moved
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6109 -- Artichoke Plume Moth -- Platyptilia carduidactyla
Debbie Matthews relates the following: "This is the Artichoke plume moth, Platyptilia carduidactyla. The larvae feed on many different kinds of wild thistles as well as cultivated artichokes."
… Bob Patterson, 21 August, 2006 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

Plume moth
This is a Plume moth, family Pterophoridae. See the BugGuide account for the family, which has links to other pages with photos.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
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