Moth Photographers Group – Gillmeria pallidactyla

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Pterophoridae

63a0012 – 6107 Gillmeria pallidactyla (Haworth, 1811)

Yarrow Plume Moth, The Pale Plume

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Synonymy:

pallidactyla (Haworth, 1811) (Alucita) - MONA 1983: 6107

adustus (Walsingham, 1880) (Platyptilus)

bertrami (Rössler, 1864) (Platyptilus)

bischoffi (Zeller, 1867) (Platyptilus)

cervinidactylus (Packard, 1873) (Pterophorus)

chapmani (Tutt, 1896) (Platyptilia)

foculella (Fuchs, 1901) (Platyptilia)

marginidactylus (Fitch, 1855) (Pterophorus)

nebulaedactylus (Fitch, 1855) (Pterophorus)

ochrodactyla (Treitschke, 1833) (Alucita)

pallidiola (Matsumura, 1931) (Platyptilia)

sachalinensis (Matsumura, 1911) (Platyptilia)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
Haworth, A.H., 1803-1828. Lepidoptera Britannica, 3: 478.
Matthews, D.L. & C.V. Covell, 2021. Common Names Of North American Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Southern Lepidopterists' News, 43(2): 123-148.
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 12.22f; p. 119. Book Review and ordering
Species Page at Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
Species Page at Mass Moths

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