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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Anstenoptilia |
| Species: | A. marmarodactyla
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| Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla (Dyar, 1902)
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Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. described the species in 1902 as Platyptilia marmarodactyla.[1] In 1958, Zimmerman moved the species to a new genus, Anstenoptilia, but (mis-)spelled the epithet: Anstenoptilia marmorodactyla.[2] The misspelling has been reused in several subsequent publications.[3][4]
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.
The larvae feed on Ageratum, Salvia, Agastache, Mentha, Pycnanthemum, Monardella, Scrophularia and Lantana species.
References
edit- ^ Dyar, 1902, "A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects" Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 52, page 442
- ^ Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
- ^ Gielis, 2003, Pterophoroidea and Alucitoidea. World Catalogue of Insects 4:1–198
- ^ 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).
External links
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- Entz, Chuck (April 15, 2013). "Species Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla - Hodges#6117". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
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