Moth Photographers Group – Emmelina monodactyla

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Pterophoridae

63a0150 – 6234 Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Morning Glory Plume Moth

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Synonymy:

monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 6234

barberi (Dyar, 1903) (Pterophorus)

bidactyla (Hochenwarth, 1785) (Phalaena)

cineridactylus (Fitch, 1855) (Pterophorus)

flaveodactylus (Amary, 1840) (Pterophorus)

impersonalis (Walker, 1864) (Pterophorus)

naevosidactylus (Fitch, 1855) (Pterophorus)

pergracilidactylus (Packard, 1873) (Pterophorus)

pictipennis (Grinnell, 1908) (Pterophorus)

pterodactyla (Hübner, [1805]) (Alucita)

rufa (Dufrane, 1960) (Pterophorus)

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.
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. 12.40f; p. 121. Book Review and ordering
Species Page at Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at Mass Moths

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