Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864) - Lantana Plume Moth

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Lantanophaga pusillidactylus - Lantana Plume Moth


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  1. Oxyptilus pusillidactylus Walker, 1864. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 30: 933. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso2930brit/page/933/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Platyptilia tecnidion Zeller, 1877. Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 13: 468, f. 162. Text at https://archive.org/details/trudyrusskagoent131877russ/page/468/mode/1up?view=theater (in Russian). 
  3. Platyptilia hemimetra Meyrick, 1886. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1886 (1): 18. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1886roya/page/18/mode/1up?view=theater
  4. Platyptilia lantana Busck, 1914. Insec. Ins. Mentsr. 2: 103. Text at https://archive.org/details/insecutorinsciti12191314wash/page/103/mode/1up?view=theater
  5. http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/MICRO'S/Pterophoridae/Lantanophaga%20pusillidactylus.html
  6. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pter/pusillidactylus.html
  7. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/311417-Lantanophaga-pusillidactylus

Notes: Similar species: Lantanophaga anellatus Rose & Pooni, 2005. Known only from type locality (Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh). Best separated by male genitalia, hence cf.

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864) – Lantana Plume Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/lantanophaga-pusillidactylus, accessed 2024/03/29.