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  • Scientific names
    • Pterophoridae
  • English
    • plume moths

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Recent Observations

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folini

Date

Sep 3, 2011
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What

plume moths Family Pterophoridae

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cyric

Date

Jun 14, 2011
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plume moths Family Pterophoridae

Observer

tapbirds

Date

Aug 30, 2008 07:48 AM PDT
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Description from Wikipedia

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".

No range data available.