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Common Name:
Artichoke Plume Moth

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass:
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Pterophoroidea
Family: Pterophoridae
Subfamily: Pterophorinae
Tribe: Pterophorini
Species:
Platyptilia carduidactylus

Checklist No: 6109

Location:
Mere Point
Brunswick, ME
USA
GPS: 43.825541,-70.022465

Date: 8/23/13

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

Image at BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/885164

Platyptilia carduidactylus Pterophoridae
Artichoke Plume Moth
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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