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Genus Gillmeria

Gillmeria Plume Moth - Gillmeria pallidactyla Gillmeria pallidactyla, 6107 - Gillmeria pallidactyla Plume Moth on yarrow - Gillmeria pallidactyla Gillmeria pallidactyla Gillmeria pallidactyla ? - Gillmeria pallidactyla Gillmeria pallidactyla Gillmeria pallidactyla - male Plume moth - Gillmeria pallidactyla
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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 Gillmeria
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gillmeria Tutt, 1905
of the two North American species, one (Gillmeria pallidactyla) was formerly placed in genus Platyptilia
Numbers
2 species in North America (albertae; pallidactyla) listed at All-Leps and Pterophoridae of North America
Internet References
links to images of G. pallidactyla (Debbie Matthews, Pterophoridae of North America)