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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Distribution Data for Gillmeria pallidactyla

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Synonymy:

• Alucita pallidactyla Haworth, 1811
• Platyptilus adustus Walsingham, 1880
• Platyptilus bertrami Rössler, 1864
• Platyptilus bischoffi Zeller, 1867
• Pterophorus cervinidactylus Packard, 1873
• Platyptilia chapmani Tutt, 1896
• Platyptilia foculella Fuchs, 1901
• Pterophorus marginidactylus Fitch, 1855
• Pterophorus nebulaedactylus Fitch, 1855
• Alucita ochrodactyla Treitschke, 1833
• Platyptilia pallidiola Matsumura, 1931
• Platyptilia sachalinensis Matsumura, 1911

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
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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