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Plume moths

Emmelina monodactyla MHNT.jpg

Emmelina monodactyla
(Pterophorinae: Pterophorini)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Suborder:
Glossata
Infraorder:

Heteroneura


Clade: Ditrysia



Clade: Apoditrysia
Superfamily:
Pterophoroidea
Family:
Pterophoridae



Zeller, 1841

Type species

Pterophorus pentadactyla

Linnaeus, 1758


Subfamilies


  • Agdistinae

  • Deuterocopinae

  • Ochyroticinae

  • Pterophorinae



Diversity

>90 genera
>1,000 species

The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".




Contents






  • 1 Description and ecology


  • 2 Taxonomy


  • 3 Footnotes


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Description and ecology[edit]





Pupa of Platyptilia tetradactyla (Pterophorinae: Platyptilini)


The forewings of plume moths usually consist of two curved spars with more or less bedraggled bristles trailing behind. This resembles the closely related Alucitidae (many-plumed moths) at first glance, but the latter have a greater number of symmetrical plumes. The hindwings are similarly constructed, but have three spars. A few genera have normal lepidopteran wings.


The usual resting posture is with the wings extended laterally and narrowly rolled up. Often they resemble a piece of dried grass, and may pass unnoticed by potential predators even when resting in exposed situations in daylight. Some species have larvae which are stem- or root-borers while others are leaf-browsers.


Economically important pterophorids include the artichoke plume moth (Platyptilia carduidactyla), an artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) pest in California, while the geranium plume moth (Platyptilia pica)[1] and the snapdragon plume moth (Stenoptilodes antirrhina) can cause damage to the ornamental plants garden geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum) and common snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus), respectively. Other plume moths have been used as biological control agents against invasive plant species – Lantanophaga pusillidactyla against West Indian lantana (Lantana camara), Oidaematophorus beneficus against mistflower (Ageratina riparia), Hellinsia balanotes against groundsel bush (Baccharis halimifolia),[2] and Wheeleria spilodactylus against horehound (Marrubium vulgare).[3]



Taxonomy[edit]


The small group of moths in the genus Agdistopis has often been treated as a subfamily Macropiratinae within the Pterophoridae, but recent research indicates that this group should be considered a separate family.


The family is divided into the following subfamilies, tribes and genera,[4] some species are also listed:

Subfamily Agdistinae


  • Genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825

    • Agdistis bouyeri

    • Agdistis linnaei



Subfamily Ochyroticinae


  • Genus Ochyrotica
    • Ochyrotica bjoernstadti


Subfamily Deuterocopinae Gielis, 1993



  • Genus Deuterocopus

  • Genus Heptaloba

  • Genus Hexadactilia

  • Genus Leptodeuterocopus


Subfamily Pterophorinae Zeller, 1841



  • Tribe Tetraschalini

    • Genus Tetraschalis

    • Genus Titanoptilus

    • Genus Walsinghamiella



  • Tribe Platyptilini

    • Genus Amblyptilia Hübner, 1825
      • Amblyptilia acanthadactyla


    • Genus Anstenoptilia

    • Genus Asiaephorus

    • Genus Bigotilia

    • Genus Bipunctiphorus

    • Genus Buszkoiana

    • Genus Cnaemidophorus Wallengren, 1862
      • Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla


    • Genus Crocydoscelus

    • Genus Fletcherella

    • Genus Gillmeria Tutt, 1905
      • Gillmeria ochrodactyla


    • Genus Inferuncus

    • Genus Koremaguia

    • Genus Lantanophaga Zimmermann, 1958
      • Lantanophaga pusillidactyla


    • Genus Leesi

    • Genus Lioptilodes

    • Genus Melanoptilia

    • Genus Michaelophorus

    • Genus Nippoptilia

    • Genus Paraamblyptilia

    • Genus Paraplatyptilia

    • Genus Platyptilia Hübner, 1825



      Platyptilia celidotus
      (Pterophorinae: Platyptilini)





      Platyptilia falcatalis
      (Pterophorinae: Platyptilini)



      • Platyptilia aarviki


      • Platyptilia carduidactyla – artichoke plume moth

      • Platyptilia celidotus

      • Platyptilia eberti

      • Platyptilia falcatalis

      • Platyptilia gonodactyla

      • Platyptilia nussi



    • Genus Platyptiliodes

    • Genus Postplatyptilia

    • Genus Quadriptilia

    • Genus Sinpunctiptilia
      • Sinpunctiptilia emissalis


    • Genus Sochchora

    • Genus Sphenarches

    • Genus Stenoptilia Hübner, 1825

      • Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla

      • Stenoptilia kiitulo

      • Stenoptilia pterodactyla

      • Stenoptilia zophodactylus



    • Genus Stenoptilodes Zimmermann, 1958

      • Stenoptilodes antirrhina – snapdragon plume moth


    • Genus Stockophorus

    • Genus Uroloba

    • Genus Vietteilus

    • Genus Xyroptila Tribe Exelastini

    • Genus Arcoptilia

    • Genus Exelastis
      • Exelastis caroli


    • Genus Fuscoptilia

    • Genus Marasmarcha

    • Genus Parafuscoptilia



  • Tribe Oxyptilini

    • Genus Apoxyptilus Alipanah et al., 2010

    • Genus Buckleria Tutt, 1905
      • Buckleria vanderwolfi


    • Genus Capperia

    • Genus Crombrugghia



      Stenodacma wahlbergi (Pterophorinae: Oxyptilini)



    • Genus Dejongia

    • Genus Eucapperia
      • Eucapperia continentalis


    • Genus Geina

    • Genus Intercapperia

    • Genus Megalorhipida Amsel, 1935
      • Megalorrhipida leucodactyla


    • Genus Oxyptilus

    • Genus Paracapperia

    • Genus Prichotilus Rose and Pooni, 2003

    • Genus Procapperia

    • Genus Pseudoxyptilus Alipanah et al., 2010

    • Genus Stangeia Tutt, 1905

      • Stangeia xerodes



        Stangeia xerodes
        (Pterophorinae: Oxyptilini)




    • Genus Stenodacma

    • Genus Tomotilus

    • Genus Trichoptilus



  • Tribe Oidaematophorini

    • Genus Adaina

    • Genus Crassuncus

    • Genus Emmelina Tutt, 1905
      • Emmelina monodactyla


    • Genus Gypsochares

    • Genus Hellinsia Tutt, 1905

      • Hellinsia balanotes

      • Hellinsia emmelinoida



    • Genus Helpaphorus

    • Genus Karachia

    • Genus Oidaematophorus Wallengren, 1862
      • Oidaematophorus beneficus


    • Genus Picardia

    • Genus Pselnophorus Wallengren, 1881
      • Pselnophorus meruensis


    • Genus Puerphorus

    • Genus Setosipennula



  • Tribe Pterophorini

    • Genus Calyciphora

    • Genus Cosmoclostis

      • Cosmoclostis aglaodesma

      • Cosmoclostis hemiadelpha

      • Cosmoclostis pesseuta



    • Genus Diacrotricha

    • Genus Imbophorus

      • Imbophorus aptalis

      • Imbophorus leucophasmus

      • Imbophorus pallidus



    • Genus Merrifieldia

    • Genus Oirata

    • Genus Patagonophorus

    • Genus Porrittia

    • Genus Pterophorus

      • Pterophorus pentadactyla – white plume moth


    • Genus Septuaginta

    • Genus Singularia

    • Genus Tabulaephorus

    • Genus Wheeleria Tutt, 1905
      • Wheeleria spilodactylus






Footnotes[edit]





  1. ^ MDA (1980)


  2. ^ Palmer, W.A. & Haseler, W.H. (1992)


  3. ^ Baker, J. (2002)


  4. ^ Gielis, Cees (2000-05-31). "Division of the Pterophoridae into Tribes (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Quadrifina. 3: 57–60 – via ZOBODAT..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




References[edit]




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    Baker, J. (2002): Factors affecting the establishment of a classical biological control agent, the horehound plume moth (Wheeleria spilodactylus) in South Australia. (A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Applied and Molecular Ecology, Adelaide University, Australia) PDF fulltext



  • Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) (1980): Geranium Plume Moth Quarantine. PDF fulltext



  • Palmer, W.A & Haseler, W.H. (1992): Foodplant Specificity and Biology of Oidaematophorus balanotes (Pterophoridae): A North American Moth Introduced into Australia for the Control of Baccharis halimifolia (Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 46(3), 1992: 195-202). PDF fulltext



External links[edit]







  • British Insects: the Families of Lepidoptera


  • http://www.plumemoth.com/ D.L. Matthews, PhD. Florida Museum

  • The Plume Moths of Australia

  • A slow-motion video of a flying plume moth, taken by three fast cameras https://www.beatus-lab.org/fun-stuff












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