Pselnophorus belfragei

Pselnophorus belfragei (Belfrage's plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the south-eastern United States, from South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma.[2]

Pselnophorus belfragei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pselnophorus
Species:
P. belfragei
Binomial name
Pselnophorus belfragei
(Fish, 1881)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aciptilus belfragei Fish, 1881

The wingspan is about 14 millimetres (0.55 in). Adults have light gray forewings with dark speckling and three or four black spots. The abdomen is light yellowish or yellowish-gray with sparse speckling. They are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Dichondra caroliniensis.

Etymology

It is named for Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage.

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gollark: 𝔒𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶.

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. "selnophorus belfragei". Bug Guide. Retrieved 23 June 2011.


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