Pselnophorus belfragei
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Pselnophorus |
| Species: | P. belfragei
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| Pselnophorus belfragei (Fish, 1881)[1]
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Pselnophorus belfragei (Belfrage's plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the south-eastern United States, from South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma.[2]
The wingspan is about 14 millimetres (0.55 in). Adults have light gray forewings with dark speckling and three or four black spots. The abdomen is light yellowish or yellowish-gray with sparse speckling. They are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Dichondra caroliniensis.
Etymology
It is named for Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage.
References
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ "selnophorus belfragei". Bug Guide. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
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