Pterophoridae
63a0073.1 –
6099 Trichoptilus potentellus
Lange, 1939
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Host Plants: |
Host familiy: Rosaceae. Host genera: Horkelia. (Shropshire & Douglas 2025) |
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| Synonymy: |
potentellus Lange, 1939 (Trichoptilus) REV. STAT. - MONA 1983: 6099; Holotype: Half Moon Bay, CA. |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Hellinsia angustus (Walsingham, 1880), rev. stat. (Matthews in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023), was treated as a synonym of Hellinsia pectodactylus (Staudinger, 1859) in Gielis (2003). |
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| References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.) |
- Gielis, C., 2006. Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera). Zoologische Mededelingen, 80-2 (1): 1-290.
- Lange, W.H., 1939. Two new California plume moths (Lepidoptera - Pterophoridae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 38: 164.
- Matthews, D.L., 2016. Pterophoridae of North America - "Plume Moths". Online self-published. website
- Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order). (PDF (no fee) or order book)
- Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
- Species Page at iNaturalist
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