Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Pterophoridae
63a0138 – 6166   Oidaematophorus mathewianus (Zeller, 1874)
             Yarrow Leaf Plume Moth

[T] © Ed Poropat
Description/
Field Marks:
Dissection required for positive identification.
Similar Species:
  • Hellinsia linus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Leioptilus mathewianus Zeller, 1874
Pterophorus gorgoniensis Grinnell, 1908
Pterophorus hilda Grinnell, 1908
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Matthews, D.L. & C.V. Covell, 2021. Common Names Of North American Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Southern Lepidopterists' News, 43(2): 123-148.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species page at Moths of North Dakota.
Oidaematophorus mathewianus
[T] (cc) Jonathan Gagnon
Oidaematophorus mathewianus
© Jason Dombroskie

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone