Anstenoptilia

	Anstenoptilia ''Anstenoptilia'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblag .... Species '' Anstenoptilia hugoiella'' Gielis, 1996 '' Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla'' (Dyar, 1903) Platyptiliini Moth genera {{Platyptilini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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. Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. described the species in 1902 as ''Platyptilia marmarodactyla''. In 1958, Zimmerman moved the species to a new genus, ''Anstenoptilia'', but (mis-)spelled the epithet: ''Anstenoptilia marmorodactyla''. The misspelling has been reused in several subsequent publications. 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 ''Lantana'' () is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in numerous areas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Anstenoptilia Hugoiella ''Anstenoptilia hugoiella'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is 18–20 mm. Adults are on wing in February, March and August. External links * Platyptiliini Moths described in 1996 Taxa named by Cees Gielis {{Platyptilini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pterophoridae The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera". Description and ecology The forewings of plume moths usually consist of two curved spars with more or less bedraggled bristles trailing behind. This resembles the closely related Alucitidae (many-plumed moths) at first glance, but the latter have a greater number of symmetrical plumes. The hindwings are similarly constructed, but have three spars. This unorthodox structure does not prevent flight. A few genera have normal lepidopteran wings. The usual resting posture is with the wings extended laterally and narrowly rolled up. Often they resemble a piece of dried grass, and may pass unnoticed by potential predators even when resting in exposed situations in daylight. Some species have larvae which are stem- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]