Geina tenuidactyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
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

Geina tenuidactyla, the berry plume moth or Himmelman's plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was first described by Asa Fitch in 1854. It is found in North America, including Mississippi,[1] Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Illinois, Ontario, Colorado , Nevada 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. Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2): 50–55.
  2. "Order Lepidoptera (Moths & Butterflies)".
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