Species Oxyptilus delawaricus - Hawkweed Plume Moth - Hodges#6097

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Oxyptilus delawaricus - Hodges #6097 - Oxyptilus delawaricus

Grape Plume Moth - Oxyptilus delawaricus

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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 Oxyptilini

Genus Oxyptilus

Species delawaricus (Hawkweed Plume Moth - Hodges#6097)

Hodges Number

6097

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Oxyptilus delawaricus Zeller, 1873

Identification

See the identification key for Oxyptilini.

See the species accounts in Matthews (2017)(1) and Landry (1987)(2).

Oxyptilus delawaricus adults have:

a well developed outer margin on the forewing second lobe, unlike in Dejongia, Megalorhipida, Buckleria, and Trichoptilus.
a tawny brown ground color, unlike the grayer ground color of Oxyptilus eleanerae and the darker brown of Capperia species, Geina tenuidactylus, and G. buscki.
the abdominal pattern continued on segment 4, rather than interrupted as unmarked or obscurely marked brown on that segment as in Geina and Sphenarches species.
the posterior parts of the mesothorax and tegulae whitish, with whitish longitudinal lines on the metathorax, as in Capperia species and unlike in Geina species and Sphenarches ontario.
the forewing first lobe postmedial line less oblique than its antemedial line, unlike in Oxyptilus eleanerae (postmedial line more oblique than antemedial line) and Capperia species (the lines nearly parallel).

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. plate 12, fig. 21; p. 118. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	A new species of Oxyptilus Zeller from the southwestern United States (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) Deborah Matthews. 2017. ZooKeys 698: 75-93.

2.	A synopsis of the plume-moths of the subfamily Platyptiliinae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of eastern Canada Bernard Landry. 1987.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 December, 2013 - 3:42pm
Additional contributions by treichard
Last updated 24 July, 2024 - 11:43am

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