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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Pterophoridae
63a0073 – 6101   Trichoptilus pygmaeus Walsingham, 1880
             Pygmy Plume Moth
Distribution Data for Trichoptilus pygmaeus
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Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • pygmaeus Walsingham 1880 (Trichoptilus) - MONA 1983: 6101
  • 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.
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 12.8m; p. 118. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Walsingham, L.T.d.G., 1880. Pterophoridae of California and Oregon. John Van Voorst, London, p. 64.
    Trichoptilus pygmaeus
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    Trichoptilus pygmaeus
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