Geina tenuidactyla

Geina tenuidactyla
Geina tenuidactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Oxyptilini
Genus: Geina
Species: G. tenuidactyla
Binomial name
Geina tenuidactyla
(Fitch, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus tenuidactyla Fitch, 1855
  • Oxyptilus nigrociliatus Zeller, 1873
  • Pterophorus cygnus Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

Himmelman's Plume Moth or Berry Plume Moth (Geina tenuidactyla) is a moth of the Pterophoroidea family. It is found in North America, including Mississippi[1], Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Illinois, Ontario, Colorado and California.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults have been found feeding on dogbane flowers.

The larvae feed on the buds and leaves of Rubus parviflorus and wild and cultivated blackberries.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  2. ^ Description of Families of Lepidoptera

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