Lantanophaga pusillidactyla

Lantana plume moth
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Lantanophaga
Species:	L. pusillidactyla
Binomial name
	Lantanophaga pusillidactyla; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Oxyptilus pusillidactyla Walker, 1864; Platyptilia pusillidactyla; Lantanophaga pusillidactylus; Platyptilia technidion Zeller, 1877; Platyptilia hemimetra Meyrick, 1886; Platyptilia lantana Busck, 1914; Platyptilia lantanadactyla Amsel, 1951; Platyptilia teleacma Meyrick, 1932; Platyptilia amphiloga Meyrick, 1909;

Lantanophaga pusillidactyla, the lantana plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is native to the southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America.

Other records include Cape Verde, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Réunion, South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Israel, Morocco, India, Indonesia (Java), New Guinea and Sri Lanka.^[3]

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.

Adults feed on flowers and lay eggs in flower heads. The larvae feed on Lantana camara, Lantana montevidensis, Lantana hispida, Lantana peduncularis, Lantana indica, Lantana involucrata, Lippia alba, Phyla nodiflora, Phyla lanceolata, Caperonia palustris, Mentha and Utricularia species.

References

^ Busck, August (1914). "New Microlepidoptera from Hawaii". Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 2 (7): 103–104. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.9586.
^ On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic)
^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2017.

External links

Australian Faunal Directory
Trin Wiki
Fact Sheet
Hollenbeck, Jeff (August 26, 2007). "Species Lantanophaga pusillidactyla - Lantana plume moth - Hodges#6119". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
Insects of Micronesia Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae
Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).

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[1] Busck, August (1914). "New Microlepidoptera from Hawaii". Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. 2 (7): 103–104. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.9586.

[2] On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic)

[3] De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2017.

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