Biology:Geina tenuidactylus
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Short description: Species of plume moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Geina |
| Species: | G. tenuidactylus
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| Geina tenuidactylus (Fitch, 1854)[1]
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Geina tenuidactylus, the berry plume moth or Himmelman's plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was first described by Asa Fitch in 1854. It is found in North America, including Mississippi,[2] Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Illinois, Ontario, Colorado, Nevada and California.
The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults have been found feeding on dogbane flowers.
The larvae feed on the buds and leaves of Rubus parviflorus and wild and cultivated blackberries.[3]
References
- ↑ "Geina tenuidactylus (Fitch, 1854)". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/5123043.
- ↑ Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)". Southern Lepidopterists' News 32 (2): 50–55. http://www.plumemoth.com/MatherSLS.pdf.
- ↑ "Order Lepidoptera (Moths & Butterflies)".
External links
- "460065.00 – 6092 – Geina tenuidactylus – Himmelman's Plume Moth – (Fitch, 1854)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6092. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- Boone, Mike (November 13, 2019). "Species Geina tenuidactylus - Himmelman's Plume Moth - Hodges#6092". https://bugguide.net/node/view/20963.
- "Species Details Geina tenuidactyla". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-6001.
Wikidata ☰ Q5530157 entry
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