Geina tenuidactyla

Geina tenuidactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Geina
Species:	G. tenuidactyla
Binomial name
	Geina tenuidactyla; (Fitch, 1854)
Synonyms
	Pterophorus tenuidactyla Fitch, 1855; Oxyptilus nigrociliatus Zeller, 1873; Pterophorus cygnus Barnes & Lindsey, 1921;

Geina tenuidactyla, the berry plume moth or Himmelman's plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was first described by Asa Fitch in 1854. It is found in North America, including Mississippi,^[1] Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Illinois, Ontario, Colorado , Nevada and California.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults have been found feeding on dogbane flowers.

The larvae feed on the buds and leaves of Rubus parviflorus and wild and cultivated blackberries.^[2]

References

"460065.00 – 6092 – Geina tenuidactylus – Himmelman's Plume Moth – (Fitch, 1854)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
Boone, Mike (November 13, 2019). "Species Geina tenuidactylus - Himmelman's Plume Moth - Hodges#6092". BugGuide. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
"Species Details Geina tenuidactyla". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 11, 2020.Error: "Q5530157" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.

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