Sage Plume Moth

Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla

"Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla" is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is native to California and Arizona, south through Mexico to Costa Rica. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
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Appearance

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. Adults are on wing in May and September in Central America and from July to November in the Nearctic realm.

Naming

Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. described the species in 1902 as "Platyptilia marmarodactyla". In 1958, Zimmerman moved the species to a new genus, "Anstenoptilia", but spelled the epithet: "Anstenoptilia marmorodactyla". The misspelling has been reused in several subsequent publications.

Food

The larvae feed on "Ageratum", "Salvia", "Agastache", "Mentha", "Pycnanthemum", "Monardella", "Scrophularia" and "Lantana" species.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPterophoridae
GenusAnstenoptilia
SpeciesA. marmarodactyla
Photographed in
United States of America