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A Belfrage's Plume Moth in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (9/21/2023). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Belfrage's Plume Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (7/23/2022). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Belfrage's Plume Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (7/23/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Jim Brighton.
Source: Wikipedia
Pselnophorus belfragei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Pselnophorus |
Species: | P. belfragei
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Binomial name | |
Pselnophorus belfragei (Fish, 1881)[1]
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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]
The wingspan is about 14 millimetres (0.55 in). They are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Dichondra caroliniensis.
Etymology
[edit]It is named for Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage.
References
[edit]- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ "selnophorus belfragei". Bug Guide. Retrieved 23 June 2011.