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Pselnophorus belfragei (Belfrage's plume moth)

Synonyms: Aciptilus belfragei

Wikipedia Abstract

Belfrage's plume moth (Pselnophorus belfragei) is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in the south-eastern United States, from South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma. 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.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0