WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Pterophoridae 63a0096 – 6195   Hellinsia linus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)              Linus’ Plume Moth

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Description/ Field Marks: Dissection required for positive identification. Similar Species: Oidaematophorus mathewianus (Zeller, 1874) Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: linus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) (Oidaematophorus) lienigianus of authors; (not Zeller, 1852) (Pterophorus) misappl.

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. Barnes, W. & A.W. Lindsey, 1921. The Pterophoridae of America, north of Mexico. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 4(4): 409; pl. 47, fig. 2 (habitus); pl, 52, fig. (genitalia). Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at iNaturalist

LG – (cc) CBG Photog. Grp. (USNM) - gen. - LG – © Jim Vargo

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