Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Family Pterophoridae (Pterophorid Moths, Plume Moths)

Subfamily:

Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)

Subfamily: Platyptiliinae (Platyptiliines)

Oxyptilus delawaricus (Zeller, 1873)
Paraplatyptilia auriga (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)
Platyptilia carduidactyla Artichoke Plume Moth (Riley, 1869)
Platyptilia williamsii (Grinnell, 1908)

Subfamily: Pterophorinae (Pterophorinids)

Adaina ambrosiae (Murtfeldt, 1880)
Adaina montanus (Walsingham, 1880)
Adaina simplicius (Grossbeck, 1917)
Amblyptilia pica Geranium Plume Moth (Walsingham, 1880)
Buckleria parvulus Sundew Plume Moth (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)
Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Dejongia lobidactylus (Fitch, 1854)
Emmelina monodactyla Morning-glory Plume Moth (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geina buscki (McDunnough, 1933)
Geina buscki/tenuidactylus (McDunnough, 1933)/ (Fitch, 1854)
Geina periscelidactylus Grape Plume Moth (Fitch, 1854)
Geina sheppardi Sheppard's Plume Moth (Landry, 1989)
Geina tenuidactyla Himmelman's Plume Moth (Fitch, 1854)
Gillmeria pallidactyla (Haworth, 1811)
Hellinsia arion Long-harped Plume Moth (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)
Hellinsia balanotes (Meyrick, 1908)
Hellinsia chlorias (Meyrick, 1908)
Hellinsia elliottii (Fernald, 1893)
Hellinsia glenni (Cashatt, 1972)
Hellinsia grandis Coyote Brush Borer Plume Moth (Fish, 1881)
Hellinsia homodactylus (Walker, 1864)
Hellinsia inquinatus (Zeller, 1873)
Hellinsia kellicottii Goldenrod Borer Plume Moth (Fish, 1881)
Hellinsia lacteodactylus (Chambers, 1873)
Hellinsia paleaceus (Zeller, 1873)
Hellinsia pectodactylus (Staudinger, 1859)
Hellinsia sulphureodactylus (Packard, 1873)
Hellinsia unicolor (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Lantanophaga pusillidactyla Lantana Plume Moth (Walker, 1864)
Megalorhipida leucodactylus Spiderling Plume Moth (Fabricius, 1794)
Oidaematophorus eupatorii Eupatorium Plume Moth (Fernald, 1891)
Oidaematophorus grisescens Wormwood Plume Moth (Walsingham, 1880)
Oidaematophorus longifrons (Walsingham, 1915)
Oidaematophorus phaceliae McDunnough, 1938
Paraplatyptilia carolina (Kearfott, 1907)
Paraplatyptilia fragilis (Walsingham, 1880)
Pselnophorus belfragei Belfrage's Plume Moth (Fish, 1881)
Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
Sphenarches ontario (McDunnough, 1927)
Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874)
Stenoptilodes sp. Unidentified Stenoptilodes Moths (Unk)
Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Stenoptilodes taprobanes/brevipennis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)/(Zeller, 1874)

Photographs of Pterophoridae